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EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 14: Despite a precipitous fall in the global prices of crude oil, the BJP Government at the Centre has failed to effect any corresponding reduction in the prices of petrol and diesel thereby continuing with its policy of increased taxation on essential commodities as a measure of resource mobilization. The decline in the global prices is being neutralized by increasing taxes and cesses on petrol and diesel thereby creating nationwide resentment against the centre govt. More importantly the increase in taxation, at a time when the people were facing worst economic distress due to coronavirus pandemic, only revealed the insensitivity of the BJP Government.
This was stated by Rajiv Mahajan, Spokesperson of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in a statement issued here today. Strongly condemning the ruling dispensation for huge taxation on petrol and diesel, Mahajan said that while crude oil cost in the global market was very less, the consumers are being charged over Rs 76.64 litre for petrol and over Rs 67.50 per litre for diesel and all this notwithstanding the fact that the rate of crude oil has drastically fallen.
Accusing the BJP Government of filling its own coffers at the cost of the common man and denying the benefits of declining prices which had naturally accrued to the economically weaker sections, Mahajan said that it had most shamelessly betrayed the sentiments of the marginalized sections across the nation.
“Not only was petrol and diesel being provided at exorbitant rates by the present regime, the prices of other essential commodities like cooking gas and eatables had also sky rocketed during the BJP led Government,” maintained Mahajan.
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