It’s already making my eyes water just thinking about onions. The ever increasing onion prices in the country have made them the topic of discussions. People even took to social media and mocked the skyrocketing onion prices with funny memes. But looks like the country’s onion crisis is not going to be resolved soon.
Discussions around onions prices have now reached Lok Sabha with people questioning the establishment of the incessant price rise. When the union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman was answering a question posed by NCP MP Supriya Sule about the production and the rising price of onions, an MP intervened and asked her, “Aap pyaaz khaate hain?”.
#WATCH: FM Sitharaman says "Main itna lehsun, pyaaz nahi khati hoon ji. Main aise pariwar se aati hoon jaha onion, pyaaz se matlab nahi rakhte" when an MP intervenes&asks her 'Aap pyaaz khaate hain?' while she was answering NCP's Supriya Sule's ques on production&price of onions. pic.twitter.com/i6OG7GN775
— ANI (@ANI) December 4, 2019
To which FM Sitharaman responds, “Main itna lehsun, pyaaz nahi khati hoon ji. Main aise pariwar se aati hoon jaha onion, pyaaz se matlab nahi rakhte. (I don’t eat a lot of onions and garlic, so don’t worry. I come from a family that doesn’t care much about onions and garlic),” reported TOI.
Sitharaman’s statement irked the public who believed as the union minister, it was her duty to care about issues concerning a majority of the population even when they did not impact her personally.
Congrats guys! #SayItLikeNirmalaTai is now trending at no. 1 😜 pic.twitter.com/va1ieXnzpm
— PuNsTeR™ (@Pun_Starr) December 5, 2019
Soon #SayItLikeNirmalaTai started trending on twitter where people mocked her ‘inconsiderate’ statement.
https://twitter.com/PankajG026/status/1202459904268619776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1202459904268619776&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopwhoop.com%2Fnews%2Ffinance-minister-nirmala-sitharaman-doesnt-eat-onions-parliament%2F
I don't care about Onion price as I don't eat onions.
Reporter : what about the dal price mam?
Nirmala : sorry we had only dosa and chutney for breakfast, hence I don't care about dal as well 😡#SayItLikeNirmalaTai
— ᴬˢᴳᴬᴿ (@asgarhid) December 4, 2019
— MadridistaAtharva (@askatharva_) December 4, 2019
Nirmala tai: 'I don't care about onions because I don't eat them.'
Nirmala tai in front of the mirror to herself later that day👇😂:#SayItLikeNirmalaTai pic.twitter.com/Q1uhiNzush#SayItLikeNirmalaTai
— Kasim shaikh (@kasimrox) December 5, 2019
So you said that about ONIONS 🤦🏻♀️
#SayItLikeNirmalaTai pic.twitter.com/8hxeOkTdk9— Touissant L’overture (@tamilthimir) December 5, 2019
Bhakat: Why is unemployment so high?
NS: No one in my family is unemployed. So, no issue there.
— clapping lysologist (certified. stays @ home) (@RaviKundurthi) December 4, 2019
Nirmala Sitharaman doesn't care for the Poor because she is not poor..#SayItLikeNirmalaTai #OnionPrice
— ಗಡ್ಡಪ್ಪ🔜© (@Gaddapa) December 5, 2019
Railways r in loss coz Millenials prefer to walk around 🤣 #SayItLikeNirmalaTai
— Aarti 💓 (@aartic02) December 5, 2019
Police: Helmet is compulsory, it saves you from Brain damage in case of accident.
Nirmala: I don’t have brain so I don’t care #SayItLikeNirmalaTai— Abshar (@Aaabshar) December 5, 2019
Nirmala Sitharaman doesn't care about the economy because she doesn't travel economy class.#SayItLikeNirmalaTai
— PuNsTeR™ (@Pun_Starr) December 4, 2019
Salman Khan doesn't care about bad roads because he drives on footpaths.#SayItLikeNirmalaTai
— Tabish Qamar (@Tabishqmr) December 4, 2019
Hema Malini doesn't care about the persecution of other religions because she already has "Dharam".#sayitlikenirmalatai
— adityaa Singh (@adityadjfb) December 4, 2019
Divorce rate is high in India since people keep getting married. #SayItLikeNirmalaTai
— Rofl Republic (@i_theindian) December 4, 2019
FYI, onions are currently priced at Rs.150 per kilogram in India. So better put your onions in a safe and prevent them from being stolen. A vegetable seller in West Bengal already lost Rs. 50K worth of onions to thieves. Also, if you are in dire need of onions, you can buy them on loan by giving your Aadhar card and Jewellery as collaterals.