Petrol price touches new highs, diesel unchanged
New Delhi, Sep 20 : Petrol prices climbed fresh highs on Thursday across the four metros, while diesel prices were unchanged for the second consecutive day.
In the national capital, petrol was sold at Rs 82.22 per litre, up from Rs 82.16 per litre on Wednesday, data on the Indian Oil Corp's website showed.
Petrol prices were unchanged in the metros on Wednesday.
In the other key cities of Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai, the fuel was priced at Rs 84.07, Rs 89.60 and Rs 85.48 per litre, respectively, up from Rs 84.01, Rs 89.54 and Rs 85.41 per litre.
The cost of transportation fuel has been on the rise since August 1, largely because of high crude oil prices and falling rupee. Depreciation in the Indian rupee against the US dollar makes the import of crude oil expensive as transaction is done in dollars.
Sector experts feel that high excise duty in the country also aided the high prices.
Prices of the other key transportation fuel, diesel, however, was unchanged on Thursday for the second day in a row.
Diesel prices in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai were unchanged at Rs 73.87, Rs 75.72, Rs 78.42 and Rs 78.10 per litre repectively.
Cost of the fuel in all the key cities except Kolkata are at their record levels. The all-time high price of diesel in the West Bengal capital is Rs 75.82, recorded on September 11.
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Put petty politics aside; it's not about one party, but India: Rahul on TMC's loss in polls
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday termed the BJP's victory in Bengal and Assam assembly polls a "theft" of the mandate, and a big step forward in the saffron party's mission to "destroy" Indian democracy.
Gandhi also came out in support of the TMC, which has been trounced by the BJP in the polls, and urged those gloating over the loss of Mamata Banerjee's party to put petty politics aside.
"Some in the Congress, and others, are gloating about TMC's loss.They need to understand this clearly - the theft of Assam and Bengal's mandate is a big step forward by the BJP in its mission to destroy Indian democracy," Gandhi said in a post on X.
"Put petty politics aside. This is not about one party or another. This is about India," he said in his post.
The BJP ousted Trinamool Congress from power in Bengal and captured power for the third time in a row in Assam in results of assembly polls declared on Monday.
