Petroleum import is up under Modi regime: Siddaramaiah
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Mr. Siddaramaiah alleged that petroleum imports under Mr. Modi’s reign had surpassed the import stage under the UPA regime by 43.81 million tonnes.
Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah on Tuesday alleged that petroleum imports had elevated under the Narendra Modi regime, although the Prime Minister has been blaming the earlier UPA authorities for the escalation in gasoline prices on the grounds that the sooner dispensation had not achieved a lot to scale back the dependence on gasoline imports.
Seeking to maneuver an adjournment movement within the Assembly on the issues confronted by folks due to the growing costs of petroleum merchandise, Mr. Siddaramaiah alleged that petroleum imports under Mr. Modi’s reign had surpassed the import stage under the UPA regime by 43.81 million tonnes.
He questioned why the federal government had failed to scale back the dependence on petroleum imports though seven years had handed because the BJP got here to energy on the Centre. “Under UPA II, the petrol price stood at ₹57 a litre when crude oil was ruling at $125 a barrel. Now, under the Modi regime, the petrol price has touched ₹94 a litre when crude oil is just around $55 a barrel,” he mentioned.
“Excise duty currently levied on petrol is ₹32.98 a litre; on diesel it is ₹31.83 a litre, as against ₹9.21 a litre (petrol) and ₹3.45 a litre (diesel) at the end of UPA II’s rule,” he mentioned.
Referring to BJP chief and former Union Minister Subramanian Swamy’s tweet that “petrol price is highest in Rama’s India (₹94) compared with that in Sita’s Nepal (₹53) and Ravana’s Lanka (₹51)”, the previous Chief Minister questioned if this is “Rama Rajya”.
Turning down the request for contemplating an adjournment movement, Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri mentioned he would permit a dialogue for half-hour on the difficulty.
Chants of ‘Jai Sriram’
The Congress members chanted “Jai Sriram” within the Assembly to make a dig on the ruling BJP over their promise of making a “Rama Rajya”.
Responding to this, Home and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Basavaraj Bommai remarked, “We are happy to see Congress members chanting ‘Jai Sriram’ at least now.”
Hitting again at him, Mr. Siddaramaiah mentioned, “Rama belongs to us also. I am a devotee of Rama. In fact, Rama is there in my name itself.”
Taking a cue from this, the Speaker questioned if Mr. Siddaramaiah had donated funds for the development of a Ram temple at Ayodhya. Mr. Siddaramaiah shot again that he had made contributions in direction of the development of a Ram temple at his native village in Mysuru district as a substitute.
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