Didi slams Centre over high LPG, fuel prices
A day ahead of her visit to Delhi where she was likely to join a meeting to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attacked the Centre blaming it for rising fuel prices and demanded immediate reduction of LPG prices.
Alleging that the Centre was trying to shift the blame on the States instead of addressing the real issue of inflation, Banerjee said, “the price of cooking gas should immediately be slashed at least by Rs 300 and the price of petrol and diesel should also be brought down … instead of doing that the Centre is always trying to shift the blame on the States.”
Her statement came hours after Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri attacked the opposition ruled states for not reducing the value added tax on fuel.
