‘Just a lollipop’: Congress says Centre’s excise duty move on fuel an eyewash

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday took a swipe at the Narendra Modi-led Central government over its recent move to cut excise duty on fuel and said it was nothing more than a “lollipop”.

Baghel said the excise duty should have been slashed further like the way the Congress-led UPA government did during its tenure when it brought down the rates from ₹30 to ₹9.

The Union government on Wednesday cut excise duty on petrol by ₹5 per litre and that on diesel by ₹10 a litre to bring relief for consumers battered by record-high retail fuel prices.