Chief minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the BJP-led Centre on Monday, holding it responsible for prices skyrocketing on account of galloping fuel prices, on a day the BJP’s Bengal unit hit the streets demanding her government slash taxes levied by it on petrol and diesel.
“The problem is that the prices of petrol, diesel and gas (LPG) have been rising at such a rate… people’s funds are being restricted…. Transactions in the banking sector have gone down. They (the Centre) are closing down (privatising) everything from railways to SAIL to coal. A large number of people will become unemployed,” said Mamata at a state government event in New Town.
