Congress comes down heavily on PM Modi on rise in Gas cylinder price by Rs 50 per cylinder
In the hand hand the Indian stock market has crashed leading to the loss of Rs. 18 lakh crores with major companies badly suffering, the union government has overburdened the middle and lower middle classes by increasing the price of Gas cylinder by Rs fifty each. Though the people of the country are already reeling under inflationary pressures and lack of employment to cope with the price rise the sudden increase in the price of Gas cylinder by Rs fifty has adversely affected the middle and lower middle class especially those living at the lowest echelons of the society. According to the latest news The government on Monday increased the price of LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder. Union petroleum minister Hardeep Puri said that the price of cylinder will go from Rs 500 to Rs 550 for Ujwalla scheme beneficiaries and Rs 803 to Rs 853 for general users. “The price per cylinder of LPG will increase by Rs 50. If may be recalled that in Delhi prior to the elections the BJP has assured the Delhi citizens that after coming to power nog inky wil they give every women Rs. 2500 as monthly dole , they have also promised to give every family a cylinder in just Rs. Five hundred but instead of this, the rates of the domestic Gas Cylinders have been increased. This increased has been done despite the fact that in international market the crude prices have seen downfall since 2014. The veteran leader, Rajya Sabha MP and leader of opposition in the upper house and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has criticised the central government in this price hike of domestic Gas cylinders writing on X : Wow Modi ji wow!!
Compared to May 2014, the international crude oil price has fallen by 41%, but instead of reducing the price of petrol and diesel, your plundering government has increased ₹ 2- ₹ 2 Central Excise Duty
You must not have felt relieved to see big and small investors in the stock market losing Rs 19 lakh crore in one go ₹ due to their Kumbhakarani sleep on the tariff policy, so your government has come to rub salt to the wound! Said Kharge . In another tweet he wrote : There was a shortage of LPG gas cylinders, Modi ji…
This time the whip of inflation also fell on the savings of the poor women of “Ujjwala”.
Looting, extortion, fraud…all have become synonymous with the Modi government said Congress chief while reacting on the price rise of the Gas cylinder.
The leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi was also critical of the BJP government after he learnt of the rice rise in domestic Gas cylinder writing on X : Rahul Gandhi
Finally Modi ji gave a befitting reply to “tariffs”!
Tax on petrol-diesel and the price of gas cylinders have been increased further.
The people suffering from inflation have been given another gift of government loot said angered Rahul Gandhi on learning about the Gas price being spiked suddenly.
The Aam Admi Party leaders and vociferous RajyaSabha MP Sanjay Singh also came down heavily on the BJP government writing on X : Hey, just find out if any channel debated on the rising prices of gas cylinders.
The price of gas cylinder has increased by only Rs 50.
Can’t you do even this much in national interest?
Oh it’s okay, I didn’t get a free cylinder on Holi.
Don’t make too much noise?
Meanwhile, there has also been a hike of Rs. Two on diesal as announced by the Petroleum minister Hardeep Puri who further said that there need not worry about it as the oil companies will themselves bear the hike and it would not impact the consumers negatively.
