Delhi: The sharp rise in onion prices - nearly 58% in the past one month alone - has Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit worried, as onions have always been hot potato for governments in Delhi.

In 1999, the BJP is said to have lost power in Delhi because it failed to control rise in onion prices.

But the farm ministry hopes that the prices of onions - a staple for most Indians - will drop to the usual levels once winter harvests kick in.

The ministry said that abnormal price hike was an effect of last year's patchy monsoon.

Dikshit urged agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to ban exports, but ministry officials said they would try out other basic measures first.

At an inter-ministerial meet, officials suggested setting of a minimum price below which traders won't be allowed to export onions, which would make Indian onions expensive for foreign buyers and cheaper at home.

BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar, however, slammed the government, saying too much time was being lost in watching the situation.

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