‘Modi govt hits century…’: Opposition says as petrol crosses ₹100-mark

Leaders of the opposition parties once again hit out at the BJP-led central government on Wednesday as fuel prices in India were hiked for the 8th time in 9 days.

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said on Wednesday the ‘Modi government has hit a century of petrol’ as prices crossed ₹100-mark in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata and several other cities.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter to compare the daily hike in fuel prices to ‘drip torture’. “Who told the BJP that drip torture is more saleable to the public than the guillotine (tool designed to behead),” he wrote implying that the rising prices of petrol and diesel and a way of killing people.