'Sabka vinash, mehangai ka vikas': Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over fuel price hike
New Delhi, Oct 17: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a dig at the government over the increasing prices of petrol and diesel, alleging that there was "destruction for all" and development of "rising prices".
Tagging a media report which claimed that if the government had not hiked taxes, petrol would have been Rs 66 per litre and diesel would have been Rs 55 per litre, Gandhi alleged that the government was indulging in "tax extortion".
"'Sabka vinash, mehengaai ka vikas' (destruction for all, development of rising prices)," Gandhi tweeted in Hindi using the hashtag 'TaxExtortion'.
Petrol and diesel prices on Sunday were hiked again by 35 paise a litre. The fourth straight day of 35 paise per litre hike sent petrol and diesel rates to record highs across the country.
The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 105.84 a litre and Rs 111.77 per litre in Mumbai, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers.
In Mumbai, diesel now comes for Rs 102.52 a litre; while in Delhi, it costs Rs 94.57.
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also attacked the government over rising prices, saying the BJP has hiked NPK (fertiliser) price by Rs 275 and NP (fertiliser) price by Rs 70.
"With daily hikes, the government has made the diesel prices cross Rs 100. Under the BJP rule, workers and farmers are reeling under the burden of rising prices, while only Modi's friends are getting richer," she said in a tweet in Hindi.
सबका विनाश
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) October 17, 2021
महंगाई का विकास!#TaxExtortion pic.twitter.com/NU8nyZDzXX
भाजपा सरकार ने एनपीके खाद पर 275 रू और एनपी पर 70 रू बढ़ा दिए।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 17, 2021
डीजल के दाम सरकार ने हर रोज बढ़ाकर 100 के पार पहुंचा दिया।
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
