Days after state polls, OMCs raise petrol, diesel prices by ₹3 a litre

New Delhi: After over two years of putting prices on hold, state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) on Friday raised prices of petrol and diesel around ₹3 a litre.

The price hike comes 16 days after state assembly elections in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal ended. Polls in Assam and Kerala were held on 9 April, in Tamil Nadu and the first phase of voting in West Bengal on 23 April, and ended in 29 April with the second phase of polling in West Bengal.