'Go To Taliban. Petrol Cheaper In Afghanistan': BJP Leader To Journalist

The BJP leader, who was surrounded by his supporters - all of them without a face mask, also lectured that people were not following Covid protocols.

A Bharatiya Janata Party leader from Madhya Pradesh has controversially advised a journalist to go to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan when asked about skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel in the country. Ramratan Payal, the district unit chief of the BJP in Katni district, further said that questions were being raised about fuel prices at a time when the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic was about to hit the country. "Go to Taliban. Petrol is being sold at ₹50/litre in Afghanistan. Go and refill your petrol there (Afghanistan), where nobody is there to refill the fuel. At least here (India) we have safety. The third wave of coronavirus is about to come while two Covid waves India has already faced," the BJP leader was heard saying in the video which has since been widely shared. The BJP leader, who was surrounded by his supporters - all of them without a face mask, also lectured that people were not following Covid protocols. "You are a reputed journalist. Do you even realise the kind of situation in the country. How (Narendra) Modiji is controlling the situation. He is still giving free ration to 80 crore people," he said.