As Onion Prices Soar, Nirmala Sitharaman’s Bizarre Defence , Says I Don’t Eat Onion Or Garlic

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As Onion prices soar all over the country  , Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks on the rising prices of onions in Lok Sabha caught the attention of many. In a rather bizarre statement she said : “I belong to a family which does not eat onion and garlic.”

The statement came at a time when the government was announcing several steps in the Lok Sabha to control the rising prices of onions.

Speaking in Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said, “I must say, from 2014, I have also been part of some of the group of ministers, which monitored the ups and downs in onion markets. Sometimes when there was surplus of crop we have also facilitated by giving support to those people who want to export it. I have overnight past orders for helping with 5-7 per cent assistance for exporting.”

“One is we don’t have scientifically advanced methods of storing… So that is one of the things, so we need to have greater scientific storage facility for onions we have started working on it… then also to give better storage capacities within that region particularly around Lasalgaon,” she said.