Home Minister P Chidambaram's remark on middle class has sparked a furore with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saying he doesn't feel the pain of the common man.
Chidambaram's statement "we are prepared to pay Rs 15 for a bottle of water, but we can't bear to pay Re 1 more of 1 kg of rice or wheat, we are prepared to pay Rs 20 for an ice cream cone, but we can't pay Re 1 more for one kilo of wheat or rice" came under severe criticism on Tuesday.
BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said that Chidambaram does not understand the pain of the common man.
"Chidambaram who travels in plane and uses AC doesn’t understand the common man. He has insulted the common man by comparing common man in this manner," said Hussain.
Ice cream and bottled water is consumed by a very small percentage of population and again out of this small percentage the bulk belongs to rich class including the politicians, bureaucrats, industrialists and so on. Whereas rice and wheat are consumed by all people alike. All 120 crore plus people eat rice or wheat 24×7 all 365 days of the year while ice cream is eaten occasionally by select few. So hope Mr. Home Minister you understood why there is a huge public outcry when the prices of wheat and rice are raised even by a rupee.
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