I told my cook not to use onion: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said that Bangladesh was taken by surprise by India’s sudden decision of a ban on onion export which has resulted in skyrocketing of the price of the bulb in Bangladesh.
If India informed Bangladesh beforehand of the ban, then Dhaka could have arranged import of onion from some other country, she said at India-Bangladesh Business Forum, our New Delhi correspondent reports.
She briefly in Hindi said: “Pyaaz mein thoda dikkat ho gya hamare liye. Mujhe maloom nahi kyun aapne pyaaz bandh kar diya. Maine cook ko bol diya ab se khana mein pyaaz bandh kardo (Onion is causing some problem for us. We don’t know why you have put a ban on onion export. I have told my cook not to use onion in cooking from now on).”
Hasina’s brief use of Hindi and reference to her cook drew both loud round of applause and laughter.
On September 29, India imposed ban on onion export after prices jumped to Rs 4,500 per 100 kilogrammes in India, the highest in nearly six years.
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