UPA allies, oppn unite to slam petrol price hike
A day after the government increased the petrol price, Congress on Friday appeared isolated, with almost every UPA ally more vocal than the opposition in criticizing the hike. Trinamool Congress and DMK even forced the government to defer a decision on pushing up LPG prices.
BJP argued that the government`s logic of oil companies suffering losses didn`t make sense because the CAG report for the last fiscal showed that those companies had registered profits. "The government is concerned over the health of the oil companies and has forgotten the interests of the common man," said BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussein.
The party refused to buy the government`s contention that a weakening rupee had contributed to the hike. "If rupee has weakened against the dollar it is because of the failed economic policies of the UPA government," Hussein said. He appealed to UPA allies like Trinamool "to build pressure on the Centre and have the latest hike rolled back". Read More
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