Congress defends oil bonds, says it kept inflation under control
The Hindu
Oil Bonds interest is ₹7,000 crores while Govt earns ₹4.53 lakh crore on fuel: Congress MP Deepender Hooda
Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda has ridiculed the Modi government’s efforts to blame the Congress on Oil Bonds saying the bonds' interest was just ₹7,000 crores annually while the government was earning Rs. 4.53 lakh crores on fuel taxes. He said the Oil Bonds issued by the UPA government protected the Indians from the huge international fuel prices thus keeping the inflation in control but the BJP government was trying to divert their ‘fleecing’ of people raising oil bonds issue, he said at a press conference here on Thursday.More Related News
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