Contrary to expectations, Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal on Wednesday refuted reports that he will reduce the Rs 2 fuel cess that was included in his budget speech for the year 2023-24.
Instead he took pot shots at the Congress led opposition while speaking in the assembly on the budget and said, “based on the media reports that a Re one reduction will be made, the opposition started a protest and because of that they failed to see the good things in the budget,”, said Balagopal.
“This cess is going into a separate account and this is not going to be a burden on the people.
