Ashok Gehlot targets govt, links fuel price stability to Assembly polls

Ahead of the Assembly polls in four states and one Union Territory, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday accused the Central government of keeping the fuel prices stable for political gain.

He mentioned that there was a continuous spike in prices of petrol and diesel on a daily basis before the announcement of the Assembly polls.

In a tweet in Hindi, Gehlot said, “Before elections were announced in five states on February 26, prices of diesel and petrol were increasing daily. In 15 days, petrol and diesel became expensive by about Rs 5. Then the Modi government had said about crude oil being expensive and the government’s control being not there. But the situation changed after the election was announced.”