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Petrol and diesel prices were on Wednesday cut by 1 paisa per litre each, the first reduction after 16 days of continuous price hikes.
The 1 paisa cut in fuel prices drew major criticism from the Congress on Wednesday. Rahul Gandhi, who led the attack on Bharatiya Janata Party, termed the price reduction as a “prank” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Petrol and diesel prices were on Wednesday cut by 1 paisa per litre each, the first reduction after 16 days of continuous price hikes.
Slamming the 1 paisa ‘relief’, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said if this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of a “prank”, it was “childish and in poor taste”.
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Rahul Gandhi said the 1 paisa cut in petrol rates was not a “suitable response” to the fuel challenge he threw to the Prime Minister a few days ago.
“Dear PM, You’ve cut the price of Petrol and Diesel today by 1 paisa. ONE paisa!?? If this is your idea of a prank, it’s childish and in poor taste,” Gandhi tweeted.
“P.S. A ONE paisa cut is not a suitable response to the ‘Fuel Challenge’ I threw you last week,” he said.
Dear PM,
You’ve cut the price of Petrol and Diesel today by 1 paisa. ONE paisa!??
If this is your idea of a prank, it’s childish and in poor taste.
P.S. A ONE paisa cut is not a suitable response to the #FuelChallenge I threw you last week. https://t.co/u7xzbUUjDS
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 30, 2018
Other Congress leaders too took to Twitter slamming PM Modi and his government’s decision.
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Party spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the decision to reduce the price of petrol and diesel by 1 paisa is an insult, while asking “When will “Maun Modi” become “Bol Modi” on the #FuelChallenge?”.
मोदी जी,
पेट्रोल-डीज़ल से 4 साल में 10 लाख करोड़ की लूट,
मत मज़ाक़ उड़ाइये,देकर एक पैसे की छूट!
When will “Maun Modi” become “Bol Modi” on the #FuelChallenge ?
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) May 30, 2018
President of the Mumbai Regional Congress Committee Sanjay Nirupam said the price cut was a “cruel joke on us”.
This is absolutely a cruel joke on us. After increasing #FuelPrice everyday continuously for 16 days, #ModiGovt has cut petrol price by 1 paisa today.#ShameOnBJP https://t.co/oZdQRHXdvZ
— Sanjay Nirupam (@sanjaynirupam) May 30, 2018
National spokesperson of Congress Sanjay Jha took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and called him “a far-thinking visionary” for his belief in 1 paisa at a time incrementalism.
I think #Modi Ji believes in incrementalism: 1 paisa at a time. He is a far-thinking visionary. https://t.co/BqPCYMDZrV
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) May 30, 2018
Manish Tiwari and Pratap Singh Bajwa slammed BJP and called the 1 paisa relief as a cruel joke with common man.
May be @dpradhanbjp wants the country to dance 💃 with ecstasy at this huge relief of ONE WHOLE PAISA! WOW! https://t.co/AuY1qtmGUR
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) May 30, 2018
This is a cruel joke with common man.1 paisa cut,seriously? https://t.co/cOlZ8FAaI7
— Partap Singh Bajwa (@Partap_Sbajwa) May 30, 2018
The marginal decline in the fuel prices had its share of excitement with state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) first announcing a reduction of 60 paise — the biggest since daily price revision was introduced in mid-June last year — only to retract it within a couple of hours citing a technical error.
The oil companies announced reduction in petrol price by 60 paise to Rs 77.83 a litre and diesel by 56 paise to Rs 68.75 in Delhi. This was rectified to 1 paisa a litre.
As per the revised rates, the petrol prices on Wednesday stood at Rs 78.42, Rs 81.05, Rs 86.23 and Rs 81.42 per litre, respectively, in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai.
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