New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the latest fuel hike, saying ‘mehangai manav’ has struck again and he has just one job of making promises during elections and attacking people’s pockets at other times.
Petrol and diesel prices were raised by Rs 2.61-2.71 per litre on Monday, marking the fourth increase in less than two weeks as state-owned fuel retailers continued to pass on rising international oil prices to consumers. “Mehangai manav’ Modi strikes again. He raises petrol and diesel prices in installments – ensuring that your pockets are quietly picked, bit by bit,” Gandhi said in his post in Hindi on X.
“For months, I had been warning of an impending economic storm. But Modi Ji, true to form, was busy with elections at the time and the moment the elections ended, he hiked the prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 8,” the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said. And, this upward trend will only continue, he added. “‘Mehangai manav’ Modi has just one job: promises during elections, and attacking people’s pockets at other times,” Gandhi said.
The back-to-back increases follow a prolonged freeze in retail fuel prices and come amid elevated crude oil prices in the global market, tightening refining margins, and a weaker rupee, which have sharply raised the cost of imports.
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