With the price of everything from beans to medicines soaring, retiree Philomena Amara has little doubt about who is to blame: the ruling Bharatiya Janata party of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi.
“They are minting money, only thinking of themselves,” the 70-year-old fumed as she scoured a Mumbai market for the cheapest options.
India’s poor were already the worst affected by the country’s stringent coronavirus pandemic lockdowns. Now, they are bearing the brunt of rising food costs, as Russia’s war on Ukraine triggers steep gains in commodity prices around the world.
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