Cong leaders misleading people on fuel price hike: BSY
Bengaluru, September 10: BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa alleged that as the Lok Sabha election is fast approaching, the Congress leaders have been misleading the people to protect the sinking Congress by telling half truth regarding fuel price hike.
Yeddyurappa told in a press release on Monday that the Bharat bandh was a part that effort. It was not wrong to observe bandh. But the ruling parties should not support the bandh. It was a clear violation of the Supreme Court verdict. The Congress leaders have been misleading the people on fuel price hike issue, he said.
“Normally, the fuel prices are fixed internationally. During the UPA government, the fuel price was relaxed from the government control. But the Congress leaders have been hiding this fact from the people purposefully. Though the fuel price was increased by 73 percent globally in the last 14 months, in India, it was just 29.58 per cent. The one barrel crude oil is costing 79 dollar from 28 dollars. Based on this price, the fuel price will fluctuate in the market. In the international level, the USA has been trying to control over the oil producing countries and imposing restrictions against exporting more oil”, he said.
“The central government is getting Rs 6.66 from one litre of petrol and the state government would get Rs 25. Then how far it is right to passing the buck on the central government? Is it not the duty of the state government to slash the tax? The Congress is hiding all these issues”, Yeddyurappa said.
As the financial condition was sound in the Narendra Modi administration, the prices of essential commodities like pulses and household things were under control. When the Congress government was at the centre, the prices of pulses and food grains were shot up. But the Modi government has announced minimum support price to help the farmers on the one side and protecting the interests of the consumers on the other side. There was no doubt that the fuel prices would come down in the country when the price of the crude oil was stable, 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.
