Petroleum minister Puri blames states for high fuel prices. Cites this reason

Blaming states for the rising petrol prices, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said they don’t want to bring the fuel under the ambit of Goods and Services Tax (GST). Speaking to news agency PTI, the petroleum minister said that the Centre kept the tax on fuel unchanged even as the cost of crude oil saw a huge increase. On the other hand, Puri said, the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government has increased prices by ₹3.51 per litre since July, taking the per litre cost of petrol over ₹100-mark.

“If your question is do you want the petrol prices to come down then the answer is yes.