The Congress on Monday slammed the central government over the continuous increase in prices of petrol and diesel, with party chief Sonia Gandhi saying the government was indulging in extortion. She demanded immediate rollback of the hike in fuel prices and excise duty to take them back to pre-lockdown levels.
The Congress held protests across the country against the fuel price hike and increase in excise duty and waged a campaign on social media.
Congress’s social media department head Rohan Gupta said the “speak up against fuel hike” social media campaign elicited good response, with more than 2.5 lakh tweets and a reach of more than 16 crore people.
