The Congress on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi government punishes people for voting the BJP to power with three things: arrogance, autocratic attitude and price rise.
Expressing outrage over the decision to increase the price of cooking gas cylinder by Rs 50, in addition to the hike in prices of petrol and diesel, the Congress said: “The Modi government has extracted Rs 26 lakh crore by taxing petroleum products in the last eight years.”
The statement issued by the party said: “When the Manmohan Singh government relinquished office in May 2014, crude oil price was 108 dollars per barrel. But the petrol and diesel prices were Rs 71.41 and Rs 55.49 respectively. Today the crude oil is 108.25 dollars per barrel and petrol is Rs 96.21 and diesel Rs 87.47 per litre. Excise on petrol in 2014 was Rs 9.20 and on diesel Rs 3.46 per litre. Modi increased excise by 203 per cent on petrol and by 531 per cent on diesel.
