New Delhi: On Monday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi resumed his attack on the government over rising fuel costs, calling the latest spike the “Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Loot Yojana.”
Mr Gandhi shared a graphic on Twitter comparing the current cost of full tank of fuel for bike, car, tractor and truck to that in 2014.
“Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan LOOT Yojana,” he captioned it.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that every morning under the Modi government brings the sadness of inflation rather than enthusiasm.
“Today in the new installment of Fuel LooT, Petrol and diesel were increased by ₹ 0.40/L in the morning,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
CNG has also became more expensive by ₹ 2.50 per kg and petrol and diesel price hike in two weeks is ₹ 8.40 per litre, Mr Surjewala said.
“Vote for BJP means ‘mandate for inflation’?” the Congress leader tweeted.
Petrol and diesel prices were on Monday hiked by 40 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last two weeks to ₹ 8.40 per litre.
Petrol in Delhi will now cost ₹ 103.81 per litre as against ₹ 103.41 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from ₹ 94.67 per litre to ₹ 95.07, according to a price notification of state fuel retailers.
Rates have been increased across the country and vary from state to state, depending upon the incidence of local taxation.
This is the 12th increase in prices since the ending of a four-and-half-month long hiatus in rate revision on March 22.
In all petrol prices have gone up by ₹ 8.40 per litre.
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