Not even paper LPG cylinder can be made available at Rs 500:Union minister on MP Cong's poll promise
Khargone, Jun 11: Union minister Rameswar Teli on Sunday took a dig at the opposition Congress in Madhya Pradesh over its poll promise of providing LPG cylinders at Rs 500 each, and said even a "paper cylinder" cannot be made available at this price.
He was talking to reporters at Khargone.
"The Congress will make such announcements as it is not in the government. They will say this to come to power. I have seen their big posters promising an LPG cylinder at Rs 500. An empty cylinder costs around Rs 700-800. Not even a 'kagaz ka cylinder' (paper cylinder) will be available at Rs 500," the Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli said.
Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath has promised that his party would provide cooking gas cylinders to the poor families in the state at Rs 500 each if elected to power in the state, where Assembly polls are due by the year-end.
Speaking about the rates of petroleum products, Teli said the fuel prices are different in each state due to the imposition of Value-Added Tax (VAT) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to bring these items under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime to bring uniformity.
"But some states like West Bengal and Delhi, who are members of the GST Council, opposed this proposal, which is why it could not be done. I am, however, hopeful that fuel prices would be brought under the purview of GST in the coming days," Teli said.
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Chadha, others wouldn't have left AAP had it followed 'right' path: Anna Hazare
Mumbai (PTI): Social activist Anna Hazare has said Raghav Chadha and six other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha members would not have quit the party had it followed the "right" path.
"Everyone has the right to hold an opinion in a democracy. They (Chadha and others) must have faced some trouble, which is why they left," Hazare told reporters on Friday in Ahilyanagar district of Maharashtra.
AAP Rajya Sabha members Raghav Chadha and Sandeep Pathak addressed a joint press conference in Delhi on Friday, announcing their exit from the Arvind Kejriwal-led party to join the BJP.
Chadha claimed that nearly two-thirds of AAP's Rajya Sabha members had quit the party and would function as a separate faction.
"It is their (AAP leadership’s) fault. Had that party followed the right way, they would not have left," Hazare said.
Hazare reiterated that Chadha and others must have faced difficulties within AAP, and that is why they left. "Had the party gone in the right direction, they would not have quit the party," he added.
"There must be some or the other reason (for their leaving AAP). In a democracy, every person has a view about where to stay and leave," Hazare said.
The Chadha-led exodus marks a significant setback for the Kejriwal-led party since its formation in 2012, which followed the momentum of Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement.
