For Union min Kulaste, ₹15 for corn is ‘too high’, says ‘free main milta hai’

In a viral video, Union miner Faggan Singh Kulaste is seen purchasing three corn cobs, at ₹15 each, and then, in a mini-argument with the roadside corn seller, telling him that ‘corn is available for free here’.“Going from Seoni to Mandla today. Tasted the local corn. All of us should purchase food items from local farmers and shopkeepers. This will ensure employment for them, and unadulterated goods,” Kulaste tweeted on Thursday.
आज सिवनी से मंडला जाते हुए। स्थानीय भुट्टे का स्वाद लिया। हम सभी को अपने स्थानीय किसानों और छोटे दुकानदारों से खाद्य वस्तुओं को ख़रीदना चाहिए। जिससे उनको रोज़गार और हमको मिलावट रहित वस्तुएँ मिलेंगी। @MoRD_GoI @BJP4Mandla @BJP4MP pic.twitter.com/aNsLP2JOdU— Faggan Singh Kulaste (@fskulaste) July 21, 2022
The BJP leader, a Miner of State in the minries of Steel, and Rural Development, attached with the tweet a video of his interaction with the corn seller.The clip begins with Kulaste stopping his car the roadside on spotting the corn seller. He comes out of the vehicle and asks the boy to prepare three corn cobs for him, and rub salt on them extensively.Later, the six-term Lok Sabha MP is taken aback on being told he will have to shell out a total of ₹45 for the corns. “ ₹45? You sell it at such a high cost? ” he asks. The shopkeeper, in a witty response, tells the miner that ₹15 is the standard price, and he did not increase the cost because his customer, i.e. Kulaste, has a car.“…but corn is available for free here,” Kulaste then says, as he continues to question the shopkeeper, and even asks what his name is. Eventually, however, he pays the required amount.Meanwhile, on social media, the politician came under fire for trying to bargain his way out of having to pay a measly ₹15 per corn cob. Several netizens also remarked that it took a corn, that too priced at only ₹15, for a miner to feel the pinch of price rise.

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