NEW DELHI: The Congress social gathering started a nationwide protest against spiralling fuel costs on Friday demanding the Centre to instantly roll again the hike in excise duty on petrol and diesel.
The major opposition social gathering additionally demanded that fuel ought to come beneath the purview of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). According to studies, state and nationwide stage leaders of Congress, office-bearers and staff have been staging protests in Karnataka, Delhi, Punjab and different elements of the nation over the fuel value hike.
Punjab: Congress staff maintain protest in Amritsar as half of social gathering’s nationwide protest against surge in fuel costs. pic.twitter.com/UhQKtFLQKR
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“When UPA was in energy, tax on petrol & diesel was Rs 9.20. Now it’s Rs 32. We demand full rollback of excise duty hike on petrol-diesel. Fuel ought to come beneath the purview of GST,” Congress chief KC Venugopal mentioned.
Delhi | Congress holds protest against fuel value hike.
“When UPA was in power, tax on petrol & diesel was Rs 9.20. Now it is Rs 32. We demand complete rollback of excise duty hike on petrol-diesel. Fuel should come under the purview of GST,” says Congress chief KC Venugopal pic.twitter.com/LRCww1t1ON
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Expressing concern over petrol value touching Rs 100 per litre in Karnataka, the Congress state unit started a protest once more the steep hike in fuel charges beneath the management of state chief DK Shivakumar.
Karnataka: Congress staff staged protests at completely different locations in Hubli as half of the social gathering’s nationwide protest against rising fuel costs pic.twitter.com/GeWn0KrbTR
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“Hundreds of our party leaders, lawmakers and cadres will stage protests at about 5,000 petrol stations in cities and towns across the state from Friday against the soaring fuel prices,” Shivakumar had earlier mentioned. The 5-day protest will likely be held beneath the “100 not out campaign” in all 30 districts of the state.
In Bengaluru, senior leaders, together with former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar, Ramalinga Reddy and others are staging a protest on the Mahatma Gandhi statue within the Vidhana Soudha complicated. “The BJP government at the Centre and in the state have betrayed the common man by increasing the retail price of petrol and diesel almost every other day,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
State-run oil advertising companies have cumulatively elevated the retail value of petrol by Rs 25.72 per litre and diesel by Rs 23.93 per litre over the weeks amid the pandemic`s second wave throughout the nation.
Members of the opposition social gathering`s frontal wings, together with Youth Congress, Mahila Congress, Kisan Congress, National Student Union of India (NSUI), and Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) have prolonged their assist to the protest.
Shivakumar famous that the NDA authorities has elevated fuel costs 48 instances over the past 5 months, together with 10 instances in January, 16 instances in February and May and 6 instances within the first 9 days of June.
Fuel costs rise once more throughout the nation; petrol prices Rs 102/litre in Mumbai
The frequent man continues to face the warmth from rising fuel costs as oil advertising firms as soon as once more determined to go on the rise in world oil charges to shoppers on Friday. Accordingly, retail value of petrol and diesel received dearer by 29 paisa per litre and 28 paisa per litre to the touch new excessive of Rs 95.85 and Rs 86.75 per litre respectively in Delhi.
In town of Mumbai, the place petrol costs crossed Rs 100 mark for the primary time ever on May 29, the fuel value reached new excessive of Rs 102.04 per litre on Friday. Diesel costs additionally elevated within the metropolis to achieve Rs 94.15 a litre, the best amongst metros.
Across the nation, petrol and diesel costs elevated between 26-32 paisa per litre on Friday however its retail costs diverse relying on the extent of native taxes in numerous states.
Sri Ganganagar, a small metropolis within the northernmost half of Rajasthan close to the India-Pakistan border is all set to get the doubtful distinction of turning into the primary metropolis within the nation the place retail costs of each auto fuels – petrol and diesel – will likely be hitting the century mark.
The metropolis already has the excellence of having the best pump value of petrol throughout the nation at Rs 106.95 a litre. With diesel costs now rising there by one other 30 paisa per litre on Friday to achieve Rs 99.81 a litre, town is only a day away to hit a century mark for this fuel class as properly.
With Friday`s value hike, fuel costs have now elevated on 22 days and remained unchanged on 20 days since May 1. The 22 will increase have taken up petrol costs by Rs 5.45 per litre in Delhi. Similarly, value of diesel has elevated by Rs 6.03 per litre within the nationwide capital.
With world crude costs additionally rising on a pickup demand and depleting inventories of the world’s largest fuel guzzler – the US, retail costs of fuel in India is anticipated to agency up additional within the coming days.
(With Agency Inputs)
