Vegetable prices skyrocket as Kartik month begins, people blame it on polls

AS the holy month of Kartik - when most households in Odisha shun non-vegetarian food - sets in, the sky-high prices of vegetables are bringing unbearable pain to the people.

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With almost all vegetables going far beyond the reach of the common man, there is an unlikely culprit behind the scheme of things - the 2024 Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. Along with the extreme weather from intense summer heat to a very active monsoon, rise in farming costs and other allied factors, the market is heaping equal blame on the elections for the dire situation.