Samajwadi Party Petrol Price Hike

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.

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 bandh called by NDA, Left and Samajwadi Party (SP) to protest the petrol price hike by the Centre today evoked a good response in the initial hours in Uttar Pradesh with business establishments remaining closed in most parts of the state.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, along with several other leaders, had demanded a rollback of the price hike. The Samajwadi Party slammed it as a "gift" to the common man from the government on completion of its three years in office.

The union government is reported to be considering a rollback of petrol price hike by up to Rs 2.5 a litre.

UPA's outside supporter Samajwadi Party today dubbed the steep petrol price hike as a "gift" to the common man from the government on completion of its three years in office and demanded its immediate roll back.

The government, which on Wednesday allowed a huge hike of Rs 6.28 a litre exclusive of taxes in the price of petrol, is under attack. From Opposition parties and allies alike. An angry UPA partner Mamata Banerjee has once again said that her party was not consulted.

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.

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 bandh called by NDA, Left and Samajwadi Party (SP) to protest the petrol price hike by the Centre today evoked a good response in the initial hours in Uttar Pradesh with business establishments remaining closed in most parts of the state.

Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, along with several other leaders, had demanded a rollback of the price hike. The Samajwadi Party slammed it as a "gift" to the common man from the government on completion of its three years in office.

The union government is reported to be considering a rollback of petrol price hike by up to Rs 2.5 a litre.

UPA's outside supporter Samajwadi Party today dubbed the steep petrol price hike as a "gift" to the common man from the government on completion of its three years in office and demanded its immediate roll back.

The government, which on Wednesday allowed a huge hike of Rs 6.28 a litre exclusive of taxes in the price of petrol, is under attack. From Opposition parties and allies alike. An angry UPA partner Mamata Banerjee has once again said that her party was not consulted.