In his reply, Pawar expressed concern over the spiralling prices and said it affected other countries also, besides India. He added that the monsoon had worsened the situation, and said: 'This is not an issue to play politics with and everyone had to jointly address it.'

The opposition members were shouting that the minister's reply offered no details of the government's strategy to deal with the economic crisis, aggravated by delayed monsoon.

While walking out, Advani also said: 'We will come back to the house to attend the 'Vande Mataram' (function).' The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die after the singing of 'Vande Mataram' prayer by all members.