Cong. chief likens high fuel prices to extortion
Congress president Sonia Gandhi in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused his government of profiteering from people’s miseries by called the “excessively” levying excise duty on petroleum products and called it “nothing short of extortion to cover up economic mismanagement”.
In her three page letter, Ms. Gandhi mentioned that hardships faced by the middle class increased with the price of petrol crossing ₹100 per litre in several parts of India and the surging diesel prices have only added to the problems of the farmers.
She asked the government to “focus on solutions instead of looking for excuses as India deserves better”.
Though the Congress has been campaigning against high fuel prices for the past 10 days, it is first time that Ms. Gandhi has written to Mr. Modi to “convey every citizen’s anguish and deep distress regarding the spiralling fuel and gas prices”.
The Congress chief said…