At least 20 Opposition parties led by Congress staged a Bharat Bandh across the country on Monday to protest against the rising fuel prices and falling value of the rupee.
Petrol
and diesel prices saw a hike for the sixth straight day on
Tuesday as oil marketing firms again revised fuel prices across the
country. Petrol prices were hiked by 14 paise in both Delhi and
Mumbai, while diesel saw an increase of 14 paise in Delhi and
expanded by 15 in Mumbai.
Petrol
now costs Rs 80.87 per litre, up from Rs 80.73, in Delhi and Rs 88.26
per litre, up from Rs 88.12, in Mumbai. Similarly, Diesel prices have
been increased from Rs 72.83 to Rs 72.97 per litre in Delhi and from
Rs 77.32 to Rs 77.47 in Mumbai.
Rising
fuel prices in the country have been an issue of friction between the
government and the opposition parties for the past couple of days.
Opposition
parties are demanding a cut in the excise duty on petrol and diesel
and bringing fuel under the ambit of GST.
At
least 20 Opposition parties led by Congress staged a Bharat
Bandh across the country on Monday to protest against the rising
fuel prices and falling value of the rupee.
Opposition
parties like the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), Samajwadi Party (SP),
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Rashtriya
Janata Dal (RJD), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Maharashtra
Navanirman Sena (MNS), led by the Congress party, took part in the
protests. Left parties staged a separate shutdown of their own.
Other
parties such as Trinamool Congress, Aam Admi Party and Biju Janata
Dal voiced their concerns over the price hike, however, they stayed
away from the street protests called by the Congress.
Later,
amid the constant rise in the prices of petrol and diesel, BJP
president Amit Shah on Monday met Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,
PTI reported.
Meanwhile,
Rajasthan government announced a 4 per cent cut in the state VAT on
petrol and diesel on Sunday to reduce their prices by Rs 2.5 per
litre in the state, while Andhra Pradesh government on Monday
announced a reduction of tax on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 a litre, to
reduce the burden on common caused by zooming fuel prices.
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