Jaipur: On Tuesday, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot slammed the central government, saying the ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence will be remembered for record increase in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG.
“Looking at the way the prices of petrol, diesel, LPG, edible oil and vegetables are increasing, it seems that the Modi government has given a Diwali gift of inflation to the people,” Gehlot said in a tweet.
“Earlier governments used to try to minimise inflation before festivals so that the common people could celebrate a festival with joy and happiness,” he said.
The chief minister said that just three days before Diwali, the Modi government has made arrangements to make sweets expensive by increasing the price of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 266.
The chief minister said that the rate of petrol has increased to Rs 116 per litre and that of diesel to Rs 108 per litre, while the price of domestic LPG gas cylinder has increased by Rs 305 from Rs 598 to Rs 903 in one year.”Our government has distributed scooties to meritorious girl students to facilitate transportation to college but the girls are asking the Modi government how to buy such expensive petrol?” he said.
Fuel prices hike
Fuel prices vary by state and city due to value-added taxes (VAT), local and freight expenses, which differ from one location to the other. Petrol and diesel prices are essentially affected by crude oil prices on global markets along with rupee-dollar foreign exchange rates.READ | Petrol prices hiked for fifth consecutive day; Check fuel rates across India on Oct 30
As of November 2, fuel prices are as follows:
Mumbai
- Petrol – Rs 115.50 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 106.62 per litre
Delhi
- Petrol – Rs 109.69 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 98.42 per litre
Chennai
- Petrol – Rs 106.35 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 102.59 per litre
Kolkata
- Petrol – Rs 110.15 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 101.56 per litre
Bhopal
- Petrol – Rs 118.46 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 107.90 per litre
Hyderabad
- Petrol – Rs 114.12 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 107.40 per litre
Bengaluru
- Petrol – Rs 113.56 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 104.50 per litre
Guwahati
- Petrol – Rs 105.74 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 98.36 per litre
Lucknow
- Petrol – Rs 106.61 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 98.91 per litre
Gandhinagar
- Petrol – Rs 106.53 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 106.33 per litre
Thiruvananthapuram
- Petrol – Rs 112.07 per litre
- Diesel – Rs 105.85 per litre
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