Stop fooling citizens: Congress, Trinamool vs Centre over fuel rate cuts
India Today
After the Centre slashed excise duty on fuel on Saturday, the Congress and TMC have accused the BJP-led central government of fooling people and doing 'jumlabazi'.
The Centre on Saturday slashed excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 8 and Rs 6 per litre respectively.
Taking to Twitter, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "It [Excise duty cut] will have revenue implication of around Rs one lakh crore/year for the government I wish to exhort all state governments, especially the states where reduction wasn’t done during the last round (November 2021), to also implement a similar cut and give relief to the common man.”
Responding to the Centre’s move, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the government of fooling citizens.
Noting the rise in price of petrol between 2020 and 2022, he wrote, “Now, expect petrol to see ‘vikas’ in daily doses of Rs 0.8 and 0.3 again. The government must stop fooling citizens. People deserve genuine relief from record inflation.”
Petrol PricesMay 1, 2020: 69.5Mar 1, 2022: 95.4May 1, 2022: 105.4May 22, 2022: 96.7Now, expect Petrol to see ‘Vikas’ in daily doses of 0.8 and 0.3 again.Govt must stop fooling citizens. People deserve genuine relief from record inflation.
