‘This is all because of the politicians’: rising prices anger Indians

With the price of everything from beans to medicines soaring, retiree Philomena Amara has little doubt about who is to blame: the ruling Bharatiya Janata party of India’s prime minister Narendra Modi.

“They are minting money, only thinking of themselves,” the 70-year-old fumed as she scoured a Mumbai market for the cheapest options.

India’s poor were already the worst affected by the country’s stringent coronavirus pandemic…