Pradhan-Shah meeting triggers speculation of fuel price cut
New Delhi, Sep 10: Amidst opposition protest over rising fuel prices, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday met BJP President Amit Shah at the party office triggering speculation whether the government could consider steps to reduce the prices.
The meeting came in the wake of concerns in the party leadership over the rising prices of petrol and diesel and a dent in the image of government, though neither the party nor Pradhan's office came out with details of what transpired at the meeting.
The continuous surge in the petrol-diesel prices in the last fortnight has brought the opposition parties together attacking the government and demanding a cut in import duty on the crude and other steps to check the prices.
The Congress organised a nation-wide bandh on the issue on Monday and several opposition parties backed it.
Earlier, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called the hike in prices of petroleum products a "momentary difficulty" due to the international crisis and slammed the Congress and other opposition parties for the incidents of violence during the Bharat Bandh.
"The petroleum need of the global world today is under severe restrictions because of non-availability and limited supply. We are not trying to justify the price hike. The NDA government has been trying its best to contain inflation. It has succeeded on numerous fronts," he said.
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Will let my work talk: Raghav Chadha in Instagram post amid rift with AAP
New Delhi (PTI): Sidelined AAP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Friday shared on Instagram a video titled "Voice Raised Price Paid", a compilation of clips of him raising various issues in Parliament, amid his ongoing rift with his party.
"With due respect, to those who are questioning my parliamentary performance, I will let my work do the talking," he said in the post.
The AAP on April 2 removed Chadha as its deputy leader in the Rajya Sabha and has accused him of shying away from raising his voice against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Centre in Parliament and instead engaging in "soft PR".
A combative Chadha has dismissed the party's allegations as "lies" and said that he went to Parliament to raise people's issues and not to create ruckus.
Since his removal as the AAP's deputy leader in the Upper House, Chadha has shared several videos and posts on social media, making it clear that he will not take his demotion lying down.
