Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Kalkaji market visit highlights soaring vegetable prices, with garlic jumping from Rs 40 to Rs 400. Vendors blame low production, high transport costs, and shrinking farmland.

Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi interacted with housewives during a visit to a vegetable market in Delhi, highlighting surging food prices. He criticised the government over inflation.

Gandhi specifically highlighted the steep rise in garlic prices, which have surged to approximately Rs 400 per kilogram.

Sharing a video of the visit on social media, the former Congress chief said that people are grappling with rising prices and are compelled to make compromises on daily needs, while the government is sleeping like "Kumbhakaran.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spoke to people at a neighbourhood market in Delhi on how the price of items, like garlic, peas, etc are straining household budgets