AAP Onion Scam: Delhi government bought onions at Rs 18/kg and sold at Rs 30/kg! Manish Sisodia refutes allegations

AAP government had declared that Rs 32.86 per kg as the procurement cost.

New Delhi, Sep 20: An RTI reply claimed that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi bought onions at Rs 18/kg and sold it to at Rs 30/kg. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had saidd that it purchases onions at Rs 40 a kg and sells these to you at Rs 30 a kg to Dehlities but the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (Nafed) alleged that it was a false claim.

The AAP government had declared that Rs 32.86 per kg as the procurement cost and Rs 7 per kg as the amount of additional surcharge, transportation cost and other local expenses. Delhi cabinet then decided to subsidise the price by Rs 10 per kg and sold onions at Rs 30 per kg. (ALSO READ: #OnionScam: How AAP procured huge profit margin in crisis hit Delhi)

However the RTI replies provided by the Delhi government’s Department of Food Supplies and Consumer Affairs present a different picture. The RTI reply claims that the Delhi government had purchased 2,511 metric tonnes (25,11,000 kgs) of onions through SFAC at an average price of Rs 18.57 per kg, which also includes cess and other local expenses.

“There is a huge profit margin in the onion sale. The Delhi government did not supply adequate quantity of onions to the market. Had it had done that the prices could have come down. The AAP government must reveal where the profit margin has gone,” said Director of Nafed Ashok Thakur was quoted by India Today.

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However the Aam Aamdi Party refuted all the allegations and called it an attempt to defame the Delhi government. Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia shared the bill of onions purchased by the government and said that it purchased onions at Rs 32.86 per kg from the Central government’s agency SFAC. “It is a desperate attempt to defame Delhi government without checking facts – onions are purchased, stored and transported by central government agency SFAC,” Sisodia wrote on Twitter.