The Congress sought to bolster its electoral prospects in Uttarakhand on Wednesday by promising to cap the price of cooking gas at Rs 500 a cylinder, come what may.
Releasing the party manifesto in Dehradun, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi said: “We will cap the cylinder price at Rs 500. The state government will pay the differential amount.”
The Congress has flagged the savage increase in the cost of a cylinder from Rs 450 during the Manmohan Singh regime to Rs 918 under Narendra Modi government.
The party has launched a separate campaign jingle for this alluring promise. It goes like this: “Hans lo didi sun kar/Gas ka cylinder/paanch sau ke andar.” It further says: “Kiya Bhajpa ne nau sau ke upar/fir pahle jaisa hoga/paanch sau ke andar/hans lo didi sunkar”.
