Claim: Onion prices have increased by 1,500% since the time when the National Democratic Alliance was in power.

Who: Narendra Modi, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat chief minister.

When: At a public meeting in Udaipur on 26 October during the Rajasthan assembly election campaign.

Check: He is right.

Retail prices of onion on 25 October, the latest data that Modi could have had when he spoke, stood at ₹ 90 maximum and ₹ 40 minimum, compared with ₹ 3.50 minimum when the NDA relinquished power. At the low end of today’s prices it translates into a 1,042% increase. At the high end, it is a 2,471.42% increase.

This Claim Check has been corrected. An earlier version compared the prices to last year’s prices based on an incomplete hearing of Modi’s speech.

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