Petrol Price Hike Bjp

The row over the Karnataka government hiking the prices of petrol and diesel snowballed on Monday with the BJP holding statewide protests and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claiming that the increase was necessitated by "injustice" done to the state.

If Shahjahan did not get the Taj Mahal built, petrol would cost Rs 40 per litre today, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said in a sarcastic attack on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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.

If petrol price keeps rising by 80 paise a day, it would be costing Rs 275 a litre by November or December assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday.

Petrol and diesel prices were today hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last ten days to Rs 6.40 per litre.

Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Monday asked the BJP to distribute coupons for petrol, diesel and LPG just like they "distributed" tickets for the movie "The Kashmir Files".

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday attacked the ruling BJP over inflation, saying the government will increase the fuel price once the Assembly elections are over.

The government's claim of a "Diwali gift" - a small cut in petrol and diesel prices after weeks of steady hikes - has produced a sarcastic swipe from Congress MP P Chidambaram, who linked it to the ruling BJP's defeats in bypolls held last week for t

Thanks to price hikes, liquor has become cheaper than petrol and diesel in the country, Congress leader and Maharashtra PWD minister Ashok Chavan said here on Thursday.

With the Congress protesting against the high fuel prices in the country, the BJP on Friday said the states where the opposition party is in power should slash the VAT (value-added tax) on the petrol and diesel prices to provide relief to people.

The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP government of looting people by raising petrol and diesel prices soon after the assembly elections in five states were over.

Amid the rising fuel prices across the country, BJP leader and Bihar minister Narayan Prasad on Friday said ordinary people will not be affected by the hike since they use public transport.

An elderly auto driver in Chennai was yanked aside and roughed up after he asked Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan about rising fuel prices during an interaction with reporters last night.

BSP president Mayawati's remarks holding the previous UPA government and the BJP equally responsible for the steep hike in fuel prices has caught Congress completely by surprise. Congress leaders now feel Mayawati's comments will raise a question mark on attempts at striking an opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP had a field day as Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a tax hike for petrol and diesel. The party used the above Rs 1 per litre hike by the Congress-JD(S) government in the state to hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who recently threw a "fitness challenge" at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The row over the Karnataka government hiking the prices of petrol and diesel snowballed on Monday with the BJP holding statewide protests and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah claiming that the increase was necessitated by "injustice" done to the state.

If Shahjahan did not get the Taj Mahal built, petrol would cost Rs 40 per litre today, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi has said in a sarcastic attack on the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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.

If petrol price keeps rising by 80 paise a day, it would be costing Rs 275 a litre by November or December assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday.

Petrol and diesel prices were today hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last ten days to Rs 6.40 per litre.

Rajasthan minister Pratap Singh Khachariyawas on Monday asked the BJP to distribute coupons for petrol, diesel and LPG just like they "distributed" tickets for the movie "The Kashmir Files".

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday attacked the ruling BJP over inflation, saying the government will increase the fuel price once the Assembly elections are over.

The government's claim of a "Diwali gift" - a small cut in petrol and diesel prices after weeks of steady hikes - has produced a sarcastic swipe from Congress MP P Chidambaram, who linked it to the ruling BJP's defeats in bypolls held last week for t

Thanks to price hikes, liquor has become cheaper than petrol and diesel in the country, Congress leader and Maharashtra PWD minister Ashok Chavan said here on Thursday.

With the Congress protesting against the high fuel prices in the country, the BJP on Friday said the states where the opposition party is in power should slash the VAT (value-added tax) on the petrol and diesel prices to provide relief to people.

The Congress on Tuesday accused the BJP government of looting people by raising petrol and diesel prices soon after the assembly elections in five states were over.

Amid the rising fuel prices across the country, BJP leader and Bihar minister Narayan Prasad on Friday said ordinary people will not be affected by the hike since they use public transport.

An elderly auto driver in Chennai was yanked aside and roughed up after he asked Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan about rising fuel prices during an interaction with reporters last night.

BSP president Mayawati's remarks holding the previous UPA government and the BJP equally responsible for the steep hike in fuel prices has caught Congress completely by surprise. Congress leaders now feel Mayawati's comments will raise a question mark on attempts at striking an opposition unity ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP had a field day as Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy today announced a tax hike for petrol and diesel. The party used the above Rs 1 per litre hike by the Congress-JD(S) government in the state to hit back at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who recently threw a "fitness challenge" at Prime Minister Narendra Modi.