"Very Bad Effect": BJP Ally Joins Pushback Against Fuel Price Hike
NDTV
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each on Tuesday, taking the total increase in rates in the last two weeks to Rs 9.20 per litre.
India's daily rise in fuel prices found its latest critic in a member of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and BJP ally Janata Dal (United) with the party's Principal General Secretary KC Tyagi calling for a rollback of the hikes in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas in the last 15 days.
"We request the government to roll back the hike in the prices of petrol, LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) and diesel. The government should immediately stop the hike in the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG," Mr Tyagi told NDTV.
"It is very important to roll back their increased prices because it will have a bad effect on inflation. The rising inflation is also affecting the voter who had helped the NDA win in the elections with great enthusiasm," he added.
Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each on Tuesday, taking the total increase in rates in the last two weeks to Rs 9.20 per litre.
