Spiralling vegetable prices in Assam’s largest city Guwahati have triggered a war of words between political opponents, with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s blaming ‘Miyas’ for the escalating rates drawing sharp reactions from Opposition parties.
While AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal said ‘Miyas’ have been ‘hurt’ by the CM’s comment, Congress and other Opposition parties sniffed collusion between the BJP and the AIUDF in ‘communal politics’ ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Sarma, while responding to reporters’ questions on high price of veggies in Guwahati, had said, "Vegetables are not priced so high in villages. Here the Miya vendors charge us more. Had it been Assamese vendors selling vegetables, they wouldn’t have fleeced their own people."
