Postponement of meeting of cabinet committee on prices on account of ministerial row is a pointer towards the laid-back approach of the government towards a critical problem which is potentially calamitous. As the food prices explode across the country setting off a chain of violent mass protests, the ruling clique seems to have started feeling the heat in the election year for the reason too obvious. Surging prices have threatened its political stability and have also the potential to faint its prospects to return to power.