‘Dissolve petroleum ministry’: Akhilesh Yadav on ‘reckless’ hike in fuel prices

Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday hit out at the BJP-led central government over what he described as ‘reckless’ inflation, accusing the centre of ‘robbing the people’ and ‘making them poor’ via surge in fuel prices. He further said that the “petroleum ministry should be shut down”.

“If no government regulations, administration or management can control this reckless hike in fuel prices, and if everything is up to the market then what is the use of petroleum ministry? These ministries should be shut down with immediate effect,” he wrote on Twitter in Hindi.

The opposition leader’s attack comes as petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that hike in petrol prices in India are linked to the surge in international prices caused by the Ukraine war.