Opposition asks Kejriwal to roll back VAT on fuel

Following the Centre’s reduction of excise duty on petrol and diesel, the BJP and the Congress on Friday demanded that the Delhi Government roll back VAT on fuel for the sake of the common man. The De

Following the Centre’s reduction of excise duty on petrol and diesel, the BJP and the Congress on Friday demanded that the Delhi Government roll back VAT on fuel for the sake of the common man.

The Delhi Assembly’s Leader of Opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri warned the Delhi Government of a sit-in by BJP MLAs outside Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s house starting Monday if the VAT was not reduced by ₹10 till Sunday. After the Centre had cut ₹5 per litre on petrol and ₹10 per litre on diesel, 13 States and Union Territories reduced VAT, but the Delhi Government was still silent, he said.

“Now it is the turn of the state governments to give relief to the public by reducing VAT. The highest VAT is levied on petrol and diesel in Delhi. It is now the moral responsibility of the Delhi government to reduce VAT,” the LOP added.