Alagiri criticises Centre on rising fuel prices
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In the final six years, the government. had stuffed its coffers simply by excise responsibility, he says
TNCC president K.S. Alagiri on Tuesday condemned the BJP authorities on the Centre over the continual rise in fuel prices regardless of international crude oil prices buying and selling round $48 per barrel.
Mr. Alagiri slammed the Centre, claiming that the BJP authorities was levying excise responsibility of 820% on diesel and 258% on petrol. “When the Congress was in power, despite crude prices being at record highs, the government did not increase the prices of petrol, diesel or cooking gas. The excise duty on petrol was ₹9.48 and on diesel was ₹3.56. But today, the Centre is levying excise duty of ₹32.98 on petrol and ₹31.83 on diesel. In the last six years, the Centre filled the government coffers just through excise duty, netting ₹19 lakh crore,” he stated.
The TNCC chief stated international crude prices had been round $48. “On that basis, one litre of crude oil will be just ₹22.39. But petrol is being sold at ₹86 and diesel at ₹79, while cooking gas is being sold at ₹710. What right does the BJP have to torment the people of the country like this?” Mr. Alagiri requested.
He additionally alleged that the Centre had not deposited the subsidy for cooking fuel to beneficiaries since May. He stated if the federal government proceeded with rising the worth of cooking fuel to ₹1,000, it must face extreme protests by the Tamil Nadu Mahila Congress on behalf of the ladies of the nation.
