BJP raises issue of rise in onion prices in parliament

19 Aug 2013 Evaluate

The BJP on Monday raised the issue of rise in onion prices in the Rajya Sabha and demanded immediate ban on export of onions. Bharatiya Janata Party leader Balbir Punj raised the matter during the 'Zero Hour' and demanded an explanation from the government on the cause of increase in onion prices and added that Onion prices today are more than petrol and diesel. .

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Balbir Punj said that, the production of onion this year is only 5 percent less compared to last year but the prices are 500 percent more and that, the problem was due to a cartel of onion traders in Nasik in Maharashtra and the government should immediately ban export of onions.

Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Rajeev Shukla, said the government was ready for a discussion on the matter.

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