'Increase fuel price in one go': Opposition takes satirical jibe at Centre
New Delhi, March 24: As the fuel prices hike across the country, leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Mallikharjun Kharge took a satirical jibe at the Centre, calling for increasing the fuel prices in "one go" instead of increasing it in parts.
Hitting out at the BJP government on the rising fuel prices, Kharge called it a Centre's "agenda" to hike prices of items "one-by-one."
"They are increasing prices by 80 paise, sometimes by Re 1. If they (Centre) want to increase the price, then increase it in one go. Be it Rs 10, 15 and 20," the Congress leader said. "They are troubling the people by increasing the prices like this. They are playing with the lives of the common man," he continued.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scored a resounding victory in four states in the recently concluded Assembly elections, Kharge accused the party of doing whatever they wanted.
He denounced the price hike, saying, "After winning election in four states, they feel like whatever they do will work. I condemn such things."
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Meanwhile, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut also slammed the BJP-led Central government and said "The real issue is not the war between Russia and Ukraine or the movie 'The Kashmir Files' or hijab, it's inflation and unemployment."
Raut further said that "Fuel prices are rising. Now that the elections are over, inflation is back. This is Bhartiya Janata Party's game."
On Wednesday, petrol and diesel prices were raised by 80 paise per litre for the second day in a row across the country. On Tuesday, fuel prices were hiked for the first time in four months.
The Indraprastha Gas Limited, on the other hand, (IGL) hiked the rates of compressed natural gas (CNG) by Rs 1 per kg on Thursday and the price of household piped natural gas (PNG) by Rs 1 per standard cubic metre (SCM).
The opposition has targeted the government over the increase in petrol costs and has protested in Parliament.
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