LUCKNOW, The Uttar Pradesh unit of
the Congress on Saturday reacted
sharply to the hike in petrol and
diesel prices and slammed the
Narendra Modi-led central
government for "adding more
burden" on the common man.
Transport fuel prices were hiked
effective Friday midnight by Rs 3.13
per litre for petrol and by Rs 2.71 a
litre for diesel, including state levies,
state-owned oil marketing companies
(OMCs) said.
Uttar Pradesh Congress president
Nirmal Khatri said the farmers are
already reeling under the impact of
unseasonal rainfall and hailstorms
and will now face more problems
with the hike in diesel prices.
"Is this what the Prime Minister
meant by acche din (good days),"
Khatri said.
He added that the Congress will
oppose the fuel price hike tooth and
nail.
He also demanded a rollback of the
hike and pointed out that when
international prices were down from
what they were during the UPA
regime, then why were prices being
hiked domestically.
Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) legislature party in the
legislative council, Hriday Narayan
Dixit however accused the Congress
of "shedding crocodile tears" over
the fuel price hike and said that the
Congress should have also noted
and commented on the several
occasions when fuel prices were
slashed in the last one year.
"People of India know that the Modi
government is working relentlessly
for their good, well being and
welfare," the BJP leader commented.
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