Tomato prices have skyrocketed in the markets across the country from ₹10-20 per kg to a price of ₹80-100 per kg due to a dip in supply.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Tuesday took a sharp jibe at Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman amid the soaring price of tomatoes across the country.
पटौदी इंटरप्राइजेज एवं अलगोजा रिसोर्ट - बूंदी
पटौदी इंटरप्राइजेज एवं अलगोजा रिसोर्ट कीऔर से बूंदी वासियों को दीपावली की हार्दिक बधाई व शुभकामनाएं
In a tweet, Chaturvedi asked, "Does the country's finance minister eat tomatoes? Will you be able to answer the rising prices of tomatoes?"
The Shiv Sena (UBT) leader's remark was in an apparent reference to Sitharaman's comment on onion prices during the winter session of Parliament in 2019. Interrupted by opposition benches over the soaring onion prices, Sitharaman quipped that she belongs to a family that has little to do with the vegetable bulb.
“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,” Sitharaman had remarked.
