New Delhi: A drought last year and heavy rainfall this year have sent onion prices soaring and Congress spirits plummeting. As onions retail at between Rs 70 and 80 per kg in the city, the Sheila Dikshit government can't help being struck by the irony of the bad news. It was in 1998 that the Dikshit-led Congress bested the Sushma Swaraj-led BJP in Assembly elections that pivoted on onion prices . Delhi's Assembly elections are due before this year ends. A debate over on that issue in India News.

Sixty rupees per kg was enough to make Delhi vote in anger then and the bad news of this year is only getting worse. Wholesalers say that situation is unlikely to improve soon; onions may breach the Rs 100 per kg-mark.

On Monday, onion was selling for Rs 52 per kg at the Azadpur wholesale market.Surender Budhiraja, president of the Azadpur onion merchant traders association said that good quality onion is selling for Rs 50 or more per kg. "We don't see any fall in prices in the near future. In the next fortnight, it may go up to Rs 100 a kg in the open market if the situation does not improve," he said.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit said that the price rise of onion is mainly due to bad weather conditions. "Weather has impacted the price of onion. We are trying to get mobile vans that will sell onion at cheaper rates," she told mediapersons on Monday. When asked about fluctuation in prices, she said, "There are price fluctuations as onion is perishable." Dikshit has been keeping a close eye on onion prices.


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