{"id":478961,"date":"2023-07-01T17:29:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T11:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=478961"},"modified":"2023-07-01T17:37:47","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T12:07:47","slug":"akhilesh-yadav-birthday-tomato-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/india-news\/akhilesh-yadav-birthday-tomato-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s 50th birthday celebrations take place with a tomato cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Samajwadi Party workers celebrated president Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s 50th birthday on saturday in a unique way by distributing tomatoes to highlight the rising prices of tomato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> One of the party workers who organised the event told the media that they usually distribute sweets during such celebrations , but the surging prices have made even sweets unaffordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With tomatoe prices reaching Rs 120 kg even the humble tomato chutney a common accompaniment to chappatis in the villages has become a luxury for the common man. The focus on tomatoes was a deliberate attempt to draw attention to the everyday struggles of the common man. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | \u201cIt is Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s birthday today, which we always celebrate. However, this time, we are celebrating it by distributing tomatoes to highlight the inflation in the country,\u201d say Samajwadi Party workers as they celebrate party chief\u2019s birthday\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zJKrN4EaIn\">pic.twitter.com\/zJKrN4EaIn<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1675003385873874945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Samajwadi party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav turned 50 on saturday. UP chief minister YogiAdityanath wished his predecessor. Mayawati wished Yadav good health and a long life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0938\u092e\u093e\u091c\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u0930\u093e\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092f \u0905\u0927\u094d\u092f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936 \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935 \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0915\u0940 \u092c\u0927\u093e\u0908!<br><br>\u092a\u094d\u0930\u092d\u0941 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0930\u093e\u092e \u0938\u0947 \u0906\u092a\u0915\u0947 \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u092e \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938\u094d\u0925\u094d\u092f \u0915\u0940 \u0915\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/p>&mdash; Yogi Adityanath (\u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930) (@myogiadityanath) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/myogiadityanath\/status\/1674952130921365505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"hi\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0938\u092e\u093e\u091c\u0935\u093e\u0926\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0930\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u092e\u0941\u0916 \u0935 \u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0935 \u092e\u0941\u0916\u094d\u092f\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936 \u092f\u093e\u0926\u0935 \u0915\u094b \u0906\u091c \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u091c\u0928\u094d\u092e\u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u0930 \u0909\u0928\u094d\u0939\u0947\u0902 \u0935 \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u093f\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u0939\u093e\u0930\u094d\u0926\u093f\u0915 \u092c\u0927\u093e\u0908 \u0924\u0925\u093e \u0909\u0928\u0915\u0940 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u0940 \u0938\u0947\u0939\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0938\u093e\u0925 \u0932\u092e\u094d\u092c\u0940 \u0909\u092e\u094d\u0930 \u0915\u0940 \u0936\u0941\u092d\u0915\u093e\u092e\u0928\u093e\u092f\u0947\u0902\u0964<\/p>&mdash; Mayawati (@Mayawati) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mayawati\/status\/1674976215902371840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The tomato prices in the country have doubled over the week with one kg of tomato hitting Rs 100 and wholesale traders blaming the sudden hike to the rain hitting produce and transportation logistics. The figures from the market show that tomatoes were being traded at Rs 850 per quintal on June 23 and the price increased to Rs 3000 on june 24 and Rs 4000 per quintal on June 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomato prices surged to Rs 120 per kg in Tamil Nadu\u2019s Koyambedu and Hyderabad. The price of tomatoes is RS 120 per kg and green chillies Rs 100-Rs120 per kg. A fruit and vegetables seller said due to the price rise people are not buying vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh said retail prices of tomato in the national capital will come down immediately on improved from Sirmaur and Solan districts of rain hit Himachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Singh added the government has started a tomato grand challenge where it has sought ideas from people on improving the preservation and storage of tomatoes and also ensure its supply all throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomato prices have been increasing high since pre monsoon rains in most retail markets but there has been a sharp rise in northern states due to continous rains. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> One of the party workers who organised the event told the media that they usually distribute sweets during such celebrations , but the surging prices have made even sweets unaffordable<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":478967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav\u2019s 50th Bithday celebrations take place with a tomato cake\n#SamajwadiParty #AkhileshYadav #TomatoPrices","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1497],"tags":[143,46,84,112394,211],"yst_prominent_words":[3811,9791,29431,43545,4023,11246,3817,47394,21329,20984,4486,14408,6125],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/07\/01172548\/tomato1-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478961"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478961"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=478961"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=478961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->