Petrol, Diesel Prices Cut: BJP chief Amit Shah said, ‘decision shows sensitivity towards country’; opposition termed as ‘an act of fraud’
After giving a little bit relieved to the citizens of India by decreasing the rate of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50, BJP leaders are started hailing the decision of the Central government on the micro-blogging site. On the other hand, Opposition mocked the government decision.
BJP President Amit Shah said that he welcomed the decision of Modi government to reduce the petrol and diesel prices by Rs 2.50 per litre. He appreciated and also said that the decision shows the sensitivity towards the nation and its people.
BJP leaders join the Twitter thread to applaud the decision.
Piyush Goyal took to Twitter and wrote, “Thanks to PM @NarendraModi & FM @ArunJaitley, consumers have been provided relief by the slashing of Petrol and Diesel prices by Rs 2.50/litre. I congratulate CM @Dev_Fadnavis & CM @VijayRupaniBJP for further reducing prices by Rs 2.50/litre, giving a total relief of Rs 5/litre.”
Thanks to PM @NarendraModi & FM @ArunJaitley, consumers have been provided relief by the slashing of Petrol and Diesel prices by Rs 2.50/litre. I congratulate CM @Dev_Fadnavis & CM @VijayRupaniBJP for further reducing prices by Rs 2.50/litre, giving a total relief of Rs 5/litre.
— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) October 4, 2018
Also, Minister of Pradhan and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan also appreciated the decision and thanked PM Modi and FM Arun Jaitley to provide the big relief to the country’s common man by reducing the excise duty levied on petrol and diesel by Rs 1.50. He also said that “our OMCs will also absorb 1 rupee, resulting in an overall reduction of Rs 2.50 in prices of both petrol and diesel.”
Also, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani wrote, ‘Finance Minister Sh @arunjaitley Ji has announced Rs.2.5 cuts in petrol & diesel prices, reciprocating positively to FM’s announcement, the Govt Of Gujarat has also decided to reduce Rs.2.50 on both petrol & diesel. Thus petrol & diesel wd be Rs. 5 cheaper in the State of Gujarat.’
Finance Minister Sh @arunjaitley Ji has announced Rs.2.5 cuts in petrol & diesel prices, reciprocating positively to FM’s announcement, the Govt Of Gujarat has also decided to reduce Rs.2.50 on both petrol & diesel. Thus petrol & diesel wd be Rs. 5 cheaper in the State of Gujarat
— Vijay Rupani (@vijayrupanibjp) October 4, 2018
Check out some more tweets:
In order to ease burden on common people & in tandem with the announcement of FM Shri @arunjaitley ji to cut prices of petrol & diesel by Rs 2.50, Govt of Assam has decided to reduce tax on petrol & diesel prices by Rs 2.50 thereby making them cheaper by Rs 5 in Assam.
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) October 4, 2018
पेट्रोल की बढ़ती कीमतों से आम जनमानस की कठिनाई को देखते हुए, केंद्र सरकार द्वारा पेट्रोल डीजल की कीमतों में कई गयी कटौती का स्वागत करता हूँ, प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi एवं पेट्रोलियम मंत्री श्री @dpradhanbjp जी का हार्दिक आभार।
— कलराज मिश्र (Kalraj Mishra) (@KalrajMishra) October 5, 2018
In a reaction, Opposition mocked the decision of Jaitley, who announced during a press conference to cut down the price of petrol and diesel. Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said that "An oil revenue dependent-government has belatedly realised the unbearable burden on the people and indulged in tokenism."
While other Congress leader said that the price cut will not make any huge difference in the rate of fuel price.
First published: 6 October 2018, 8:05 IST
