Even as fuel prices across the country continue to soar, Madhya Pradesh minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia on Sunday equated it with hike in people’s income, saying that if such a rise was acceptable to them, then they should accept some inflation as well. Addressing a press conference in Indore, he also said that it was not possible for the government to give everything for free.
“I’d be very practical with you on this. Has there been no increase the income of a common man? If the income was hiked and it was acceptable to us, then a little bit of inflation should be acceptable as well. The government cannot give everything for free. This is where the government gets its revenue from. This is what drives all government schemes,” the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said.
