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Tribune News ServiceChandigarh, December 1A large number of city Congress workers took to streets today against the rising prices of onion. Wearing garlands of onion, garlic and ginger, they condemned the BJP government for its failure to control the vegetable rates. The protesters, led by city Congress president Pardeep Chhabra, also staged a dharna at the fruit and vegetable market in Sector 26. Lashing out at MP Kirron Kher, the Congress leader said city residents had elected her to fight for women’s rights, but she disappeared from Chandigarh after winning the election. Mahila Congress president Deepa Dubey said if the Modi government failed to curb the increasing prices, the Mahila Congress workers would gather at MP Kirron Kher’s house and force her to speak for the city residents..