"95% Indians Don't Need Petrol": UP Minister's Reply On Fuel Price Hike
NDTV
"The government has given free vaccines to more than 100 crore people," said minister Upendra Tiwari.
95 per cent of Indians do not need petrol at all and only a handful use four-wheelers, a Uttar Pradesh Minister said today as petrol and fuel prices increased for the second day in a row and touched new all-time highs.
Speaking to the media in Jalaun, state minister Upendra Tiwari said the Opposition doesn't have any issue on which it can target the government. "You take figures from before 2014 and now. The per capita income has more than doubled after Modiji's and Yogiji's governments were formed," said the state minister.
"As for petrol and diesel prices, there are now a handful of people who use four-wheelers and need petrol. Currently, 95 per cent people in the society do not need petrol," Mr Tiwari said as people in state capital Lucknow paid Rs 103.18 for each litre of petrol. Prices in the metro cities have increased more, with Mumbai topping the rate list at Rs 112.44 per litre for petrol and Rs 103.26 for diesel.
Besides burning a hole into the pockets of people already reeling under the economic impact of the pandemic, the sharp hike in fuel prices has also pushed up commodity prices due to high transport costs.
