No ministry, no bhaji

APMC vegetable market workers threaten to strike if their leader Shashikant Shinde isn't made ministerNow an MLA not getting a minister's post could mean you pay more for your vegetables. Merchants, workers and vendors at the APMC market, called for a strike on Saturday afternoon and have threatened to go on a strike again if their leader Shashikant Shinde is not made a minister. The APMC market in Vashi is already fired up. A few vendors across the city are stocking up vegetables and some are planning to hike prices fearing that the stocks won't be available on Monday. Pravin Kumar Gupta a vegetable vendor in Lalbaugh says, We have already stocked vegetables because the market is closed on Sunday, but I will have to increase the prices if the market is closed on Monday too.However, officials at APMC market sound unperturbed by the consequences of a strike during these times of inflation. Ashok Walunj, director, APMC market says, Our leader won the election three times in a row, yet he is not being given a ministry, which is sad. We expect NCP leaders to take a note. If (Sharad) Pawar saheb doesn't pay attention, we will go on strike again. While the market will be shut on Sunday, the officials might strike on Monday. A senior NCP leader says that it's too late to fit in another minister now. The possibility of Shinde getting a ministry now is zero, however, he might be made the head of a corporation or a committee, adds the senior NCP leader.