Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a dig at the Government over the increasing prices of petrol and diesel, alleging that there was “destruction for all” and development of “rising prices”.
Tagging a media report which claimed that if the Government had not hiked taxes, petrol would have been Rs 66 per litre and diesel would have been Rs 55 per litre, Gandhi alleged that the government was indulging in “tax extortion”.
“‘Sabka vinash, mehengaai ka vikas’ (destruction for all, development of rising prices),” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi using the hashtag ‘TaxExtortion’.
Petrol and diesel prices on Sunday were hiked again by 35 paise a litre.
