Rahul Gandhi slams government over rising fuel prices

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a dig on the authorities over the growing costs of petrol and diesel, alleging that there was “destruction for all” and improvement of “rising costs”. Tagging a media report which claimed that if the federal government had not hiked taxes, petrol would have been Rs 66 per litre and diesel would have been Rs 55 per litre, Gandhi alleged that the federal government was indulging in “tax extortion”.

“‘Sabka vinash, mehengaai ka vikas’ (destruction for all, improvement of rising costs),” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi utilizing the hashtag ‘TaxExtortion’.

Petrol and diesel costs on Sunday had been hiked once more by 35 paise a litre. The fourth straight day of 35 paise per litre hike despatched petrol and diesel charges to file highs throughout the nation.

The worth of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever stage of Rs 105.84 a litre and Rs 111.77 per litre in Mumbai, in accordance with a worth notification of state-owned gas retailers.

In Mumbai, diesel now comes for Rs 102.52 a litre; whereas in Delhi, it prices Rs 94.57.

Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra additionally attacked the federal government over rising costs, saying the BJP has hiked NPK (fertiliser) worth by Rs 275 and NP (fertiliser) worth by Rs 20.

“With each day hikes, the federal government has made the diesel costs cross Rs 100. Below the BJP rule, staff and farmers are reeling beneath the burden of rising costs, whereas solely Modi’s pals are getting richer,” she mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.