Congress staged a protest in Karnataka condemning the rise in prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas cylinders.
The Karnataka Congress party on Monday staged a protest at the Independence Park in Bangalore, condemning the central government for raising the prices of fuels like petrol, diesel, cooking gas, CNG and PNG. ‘Fuel prices have risen as a result of the anti-people attitude of the BJP government led by Prime Minister Modi. Organizations, including the BJP, have been raising issues that incite religious fanaticism to cover up issues such as inflation. The BJP is trying to disrupt peace in the society.
Fuel prices such as petrol, diesel and cooking gas cylinders have skyrocketed. It has greatly affected ordinary people. Therefore, the price of fuel should be reduced immediately, ‘the protesters insisted. During the protest he wore an evening gown to the cooking gas cylinder and raised slogans against the federal government.
The protest was attended by a large number of people including Congress state president DK Sivakumar, Opposition leader Chidramaiah, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly BK Hariprasad, former ministers Ramalinga Reddy, MP Patil and Ezwa Kandre.
Opposition leader Chidramaiah spoke on the occasion:
Congress has been staging protests across the country condemning the hike in petrol, diesel and cooking gas cylinder prices. When Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, struggled to raise fuel prices a little. And Manmohan Singh has been harshly critical of the government. If the BJP regime is inflated today, they are giving a new interpretation. The BJP is a false tent. Prime Minister Modi has been lying since he became the Prime Minister. Many Prime Ministers have visited independent India. But there has never been a Prime Minister who lies like Modi. Prime Minister Modi has failed to deliver on his promise to the people that good times will come.
Under Manmohan Singh, the customs duty on diesel was Rs. 3.46, Rs. 9.20 was imposed. Today, petrol costs Rs. 32.98, Rs. 31.84 Customs duty has been levied. Petrol and diesel prices have not risen due to rising prices in the international oil market. Petrol and diesel prices are going up due to the tariffs imposed by the central government. After Modi became the Prime Minister, Rs. 26 lakh crore in taxes.
Petrol price has been hiked by Rs. 15, diesel price has been hiked by Rs. Should be immediately reduced to 10 levels. Crude oil prices were low when Modi was prime minister. Presently. In 2016, a barrel of crude oil was $ 46. It is currently $ 118. Why not lower the price of petrol and diesel when crude oil was cheaper? Everyone’s house is on fire due to the price hike. He said Congress would work to turn it off.