Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday stepped up his assault on the federal government over the hike in the price of domestic LPG cylinder, and stated solely his celebration governs for the welfare of poor and center class households.
Cooking gasoline LPG costs have been on Saturday hiked by ₹50 per cylinder, the second improve in charges in simply over six weeks following the firming of worldwide vitality charges.
Non-subsidised LPG now prices ₹999.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder within the nationwide capital, up from ₹949.50 beforehand, in keeping with a worth notification of state-owned gas retailers.
In a tweet, Gandhi in contrast the worth of a home LPG cylinder of about ₹410 with a subsidy of ₹827 in 2014 beneath a Congress-led authorities to that of over ₹999 with “zero subsidy” in 2022 beneath the BJP-led Centre.
“Two cylinders then for the worth of 1 now!” the previous Congress chief stated.
“Solely Congress governs for the welfare of poor & center class Indian households. It is the core of our financial coverage,” he stated.
After the hike on Saturday, Mr. Gandhi had stated hundreds of thousands of Indian households are waging a troublesome battle towards “excessive inflation”, unemployment and “poor governance”.
