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| Bharat Bandh, live updates: Rahul Gandhi questions PM Modi's silence on fuel price hikes | | | Agencies
New Delhi: Several opposition parties - led by Congress - have called for a 'Bharat Bandh' on Monday to protest against catapulting petrol and diesel prices across the country to record levels. Price of both - already having set records earlier this year - rose for almost all of last week and petrol even breached the Rs 80/litre mark in the national capital.
Even as the common man grimaces daily, the government repeatedly blames global factors for the surge in prices. "Due to two major external factors this unavoidable situation is there in market. American dollar is creating a unique and unavoidable situation which is not good for world's economy also," Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said on Friday. He also blamed OPEC for not producing as much as previously assured. (Read full report here)
The opposition though is having none of it and has repeatedly charged the government of filling its coffers at the cost of people. There have been demand of fuel prices being included in Goods and Services Tax (GST) but not much has come of it. As such, even as some suspect 'Bharat Bandh' to be a political gimmick, others hope there is a price relief in the offing. |
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