BJP national vice-president Bandaru Dattatreyya condemned the hike in the prices of diesel and petrol, on Sunday.
"The government has hiked the price of diesel by 50 paise and petrol by Rs. 2.35 paise again, in spite of the Parliament session being on. This is undemocratic, unconstitutional, devious and dictatorial," Dattatreyya said in a statement.
"In the past three months, the fuel price has seen a hike 6 times, and the total price increase per litre is (minus VAT) Rs. 9.17. This is the strategy of the government to fool the common man. Their directive that fuel companies can increase the fuel price by a bit at a time, is a well-thought out plan. The common man is not innocent to fall for this deception," he said.
Bandaru added, "The fuel price affects every commodity in the market. When the devaluating rupee is affecting the common man?s life as never before, and his survival itself has become a question in these times, this decision is completely wrong and unethical. The common man is furious with the government. If the government does not take appropriate steps to reduce the price of fuel and other necessities, they will perish in the wrath of the common man." (INN)
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