New Delhi, February 10 – Arvind Kejriwal may be claiming to bring the prices of several commodities down, if he wins the Delhi Assembly elections. But there is one thing, whose prices have sharply gone up even before the verdict is out- his party symbol broom.
The price of a broom which ranges between Rs.40 and Rs.60 in various markets of the capital has gone up to at least Rs.100 leading to a boom in its sales, reported PTI. The report quoted a shopkeeper in the Capital telling, “Last night, there were some brooms in my shop but now can you spot any? The last piece I sold for Rs.120.”
Another shopkeeper said, “I have sold a number of brooms in the last two days and a handful are left. When I asked the distributor in the morning to supply some, he said, not a single broom will be available before a week.”
This could be owing to the huge demand for brooms by party workers and supporters. “This time, the broom will sweep the city. Prices of brooms have really gone up. Whatever stock is left won’t even last tonight,” a shopkeeper in west Delhi’s Naraina said.
In areas such as Sant Nagar in South Delhi, Lajpat Nagar and C R Park, price of a broom has touched a staggering Rs.150. A similar trend could be seen in North Delhi’s Burari where the prices have gone up by Rs.20-30.
“What will I do, the distributor could not supply me what I need, I had to increase the price. I don’t want to go into politics but yes I am selling brooms for Rs.30 more,” said a shopkeeper of the area.
Interestingly, brooms reportedly went missing in Varanasi during the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, when Kejriwal was contesting against Narendra Modi.
-INDIA TODAY
