Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram has posted a social media post about inflation, which is becoming increasingly viral. In this, he has talked about inflation and explained it by linking it to the tea available at the airport. Chidambaram has said that inflation is higher in West Bengal than in Tamil Nadu. Let us know why he said so?
A tea at the airport costs 340 rupees!
Former Finance Minister of the country P Chidambaram has posted an article expressing surprise at the prices of tea available at the airport and has told how inflation is higher in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, than in Tamil Nadu. He wrote in his post that, ‘He was charged Rs 340 for a simple tea with hot water and tea bag at Kolkata Airport.’ He told that he had taken this tea from a restaurant named ‘The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’ located at the airport.
I just discovered that Tea made of Hot Water and a Tea Bag costs Rs 340 in Kolkata airport
The restaurant is ‘The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’
A couple of years ago I found that
‘hot water and tea bag’ cost Rs 80 in Chennai airport, and I tweeted about it. AAI took note and took…— P. Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) September 13, 2024
Remembering the old days, Chidambaram said…
Seeing the price of tea at Kolkata airport, Chidambaram recalled his old experience of tea at Chennai airport in Tamil Nadu and further wrote that a few years ago, 80 rupees were charged for such tea at Chennai airport. Obviously, inflation in West Bengal is much higher than in Tamil Nadu. It is worth noting that P Chidambaram is a senior Congress leader and currently represents Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha.
According to the report published in Business Today, the Congress leader further said that when the issue was raised publicly and tweeted about the tea priced at Rs 80 at Chennai airport, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) took cognizance of the matter and took corrective action.
The price of things at the airport is again in discussion
This social media post of former Finance Minister Chidambaram has again started a discussion about the price of everyday items at airports, where prices are often much higher than regular places. This is not the first time that questions have been raised about abnormal prices at airports, such cases keep coming up often. Now this issue has come up again.
The post went viral on social media
This tweet (ex-post) of P Chidambaram regarding the high price of goods at the airport is becoming very viral and ex-users are reacting to it in their own way. Till the time of writing this news, this post had received about 98,000 views, while thousands of comments had been made.
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