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The Congress slams the government for raising gas cylinder prices

The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the authorities over the hike in fees of LPG cylinders, accusing it of being insensitive and distorting the finances of each family.


The birthday celebration also displayed empty LPG cylinders and 'chulhas' at a press convention right here to highlight the issue of steep LPG prices.



Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate entreated the government to deliver down charges of LPG cylinders to provide remedy to the not unusual humans inside the u . S ..


She said the authorities has initiated the very steep hike on LPG cylinders via elevating it through Rs 25 per cylinder, that's now being sold at Rs 860 according to cylinder in Delhi and is touching almost Rs one thousand in diverse components of the us of a.


"Our one and simplest call for is please convey a few respite to humans, think about the plight of people and produce down prices of LPG cylinders. This is anti-girls and anti-human beings and due to excessive expenses humans are compelled to go again to the usage of cow dung and firewood," she advised journalists.


"We do hope that an insensitive government intoxicated on electricity pays a few attention and convey some respite to human beings. This is surely immoral and there may be no phrase to explain this," she stated.


Shrinate said as per Saudi Aramco, which decides on expenses of gas, the charge certainly comes to Rs six hundred however why are we paying Rs 260 extra.


In the closing 8 or 9 months by myself, fees of LPG cylinders have gone up by using Rs 265, which is sort of forty four percent, she stated.


She also alleged that the authorities isn't always paying any subsidy on LPG cylinders and there's no difference among the marketplace and managed fees.


On the an awful lot-touted Ujjwala Yojna, she said the fact is that beneficiaries of the scheme cannot find the money for a cylinder at Rs 800 at a time while ninety seven in step with cent of human beings are earning much less than what they were three years back and 23 crore human beings have long gone underneath the poverty line.


"At what stage will the authorities recognise that during the monetary crisis, whilst human beings have lost jobs and their wages have gone down and when human beings are seeking out employment possibilities, they have to not distort their domestic budgets," she stated.


Congress fashionable secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra charged that the authorities's "series scheme" is prospering through increasing expenses of LPG every month.


"On July 1, Modi ji's government improved the fee of LPG via Rs 25 and on August 17 again elevated it by Rs 25. By showing the dream of Ujjwala, the 'series scheme' of the BJP government is prospering through increasing the costs of LPG each month," she said in a tweet in Hindi.


Congress leader Alka Lamba stated girls in the countrywide capital are shopping for 'chulhas' from old Delhi and what might they be doing in different components of the u . S ..


It could be better if eleven women ministers meet Prime minister Modi and inform him to carry down charges of LPG, she said, alleging that the government is making an attempt to divert the attention of the human beings by using elevating non-troubles.


Delhi Congress leader Amrita Dhawan stated the prime minister should renounce if he's not able to govern fees of LPG.

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