Even as onion prices continued to hover around Rs 60 per kg across retail markets in Punjab and Haryana, political parties in national capital Delhi intensified their war over the issue ahead of the assembly elections in the state.
With the Delhi government selling
onions between Rs 50-55 a kg at over 1,000 points across the city, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) went a step further on Sunday, selling the kitchen staple at Rs 25 a kg against the market r
ate of around Rs 80.
Accusing the Delhi government of "inaction" in controlling the price of the vegetable, Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel demanded immediate removal of Food and Civil Supplies Minister Harun Yusuf for his "complete failure to regulate the wholesale vegetable markets and take action against hoarders.
"It is appalling the way Delhi government first
mismanaged the onion crisis and is now expressing its helplessness to control prices," Goel said. "This is typical of this government which has been expressing helplessness on every front - be it price rise, hike in power tariffs, collapse of water supply, lack of development in unauthorised colonies and JJ clusters and growing crime against women."
He was speaking after starting sell of onions at Town Hall in central Delhi at Rs 25 a kg.
"This government is so insensitive that it has tried to garner publicity and brush this issue under the carpet by selling onions which are rotten and not fit for consumption," Goel alleged.
Delhi BJP even held a demonstration outside Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's official residence at 3, Motilal Nehru Marg in Central Delhi on Wednesday.
The assembly polls in Delhi are slated for November.
With inputs from PTI 
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