Let's surpass the ill interpretation outside House! Onions have made us cry, not the FM's 'Doesn't Matter To Me' comment

New Delhi, December 05: The sky rocketing price of onions across various Indian cities has caused concerns among people while also the Finance Minister's comments on the Egyptian onions made people wrongly think over for the insesitivity of the government. From Rs 60 per kg in September, the price of onions increased to almost Rs 160 per kg, close to three times. To deal with the crisis government is importing onions from countries like Turkey and Egypt.

 

 

Responding to MP Supriya Sule’s question on rising onion prices on Wednesday in Lok Sabha, the finance minister was interrupted by another parliamentarian who asked if she ate onions imported from Egypt. Sitharaman responded by saying, “I don’t eat a lot of onions and garlic, so don’t worry. I come from a family that doesn’t have much to do with onions.”

 

While a many of them have criticised the comment, it is wise to re-think over the comment by the Finance Minister as she was certainly responding to the question about Egyptian onions, rather than commenting on the onion prices crisis. Nowhere in the reply could she be found saying that she is not personally worried about rising prices as she is not a consumer, as interpreted outside parliament.

After making the remark, she continued her response to Supriya Sule, stating the steps taken by the government including ban on exports, imposition of stock limit, import and transfer of onion from surplus to deficit area and attributing the shortage to low production.

 

Expectedly, people are taking to social media platforms especially Twitter, to show their reactions about the concerning issue. People are flooding the micro-blogging site with tweets while using the hashtag Onion Prices, that is trending on since the mornings.