Make fuel affordable for common man, says BJP
The Hindu
‘Even Congress-ruled Punjab, Rajasthan have reduced VAT’
Bharatiya Janata Party cadre, as part of the State-wide agitations, staged a protest here on Monday against the DMK government, pressing for reduction in value-added tax on fuel prices to make petrol and diesel more affordable for the common man.
The protest was organised by the party’s youth and women wings. Youth Wing presidents Seetharaman and Poomalai Raja led the protest. Speaking on the occasion, the party’s east district president, M. Gajendran, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had reduced the price of petrol by ₹5 a litre and diesel by ₹10 a litre as Deepavali gift to the people. Responding to his appeal for State governments to reciprocate his gesture, even the Congress-ruled States such as Punjab and Rajasthan reduced the fuel prices substantially.