PM called meeting to blame states for high fuel prices: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting on Wednesday was not Covid situation as announced, but blaming state governments for the high prices of petrol and diesel.

The Centre also wanted to shrug off its responsibility in reducing the prices of fuel, she claimed on Thursday and expressed apprehensions that the Modi administration would soon raise the prices again.

Banerjee demanded that the central government immediately slash the price of domestic LPG cylinders by at least Rs 300. In a virtual interaction with chief ministers on the emerging Covid-19 situation in the country, Modi had on Wednesday flagged higher fuel prices in opposition-ruled states such as Maharashtra,