Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's video of buying vegetables in Chennai evokes mixed reactions

FM Sitharaman buying vegetables: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was seen buying vegetables during her day-long visit to Chennai on Saturday in a video. The video was shared by her office on Twitter and evoked mixed reactions from netizens.

In the video, the Finance Minister was seen buying some sweet potatoes and interacting with vegetable vendors.

"During her day-long visit to Chennai, Smt @nsitharaman made a halt at Mylapore market where she interacted with the vendors & local residents and also purchased vegetables," NSitharamanOffice tweeted.

During her day-long visit to Chennai, Smt @nsitharaman made a halt at Mylapore market where she interacted with the vendors & local residents and also purchased vegetables. pic.twitter.com/emJlu81BRh

— NSitharamanOffice (@nsitharamanoffc) October 8, 2022

Reactions to the video ranged from praise to criticism, as people commented on rising vegetable prices and wondered if the Finance Minister now understood how inflation is impacting budgets.

Rising food prices have spiked inflation, which has been above RBI`s tolerance limit for the past eight months.

Retail inflation in August was at 7 per cent owing to rising prices of food items like fruits and vegetables.