After Kohli, Tendulkar, witnessing centuries by petrol and diesel: Uddhav Thackeray

Taking a dig on the Centre over hovering gas costs throughout the nation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday quipped that “we are now seeing petrol-diesel century”.
“Petrol and diesel prices have gone up. We have seen centuries by Virat Kohli and Sachin Tendulkar but now we are seeing petrol-diesel century,” CM Thackeray was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
In a number of elements of the nation, petrol costs have both touched or are nearing a report excessive of Rs 100 per litre. The enhance follows a spurt in oil costs within the worldwide market, on which India relies to fulfill its 85 per cent of the wants.
Several opposition events together with Congress are conducting protest throughout the nation in opposition to the rising gas value.
The value of petrol in Mumbai was recorded at Rs 97.57 on Sunday whereas the retail value of diesel was Rs 88.60. The gas value is revised each day in India. The value is affected by the state levied Value Added Tax (VAT) and the central authorities’s excise obligation other than the worldwide oil costs and financial traits.
Last week, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had stated that it’s for each the Centre and the states to sit down and speak over the rising gas costs.
Meanwhile, Chief Economic Advisor Okay V Subramanian has backed a proposal to deliver petroleum merchandise below the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST). He, nevertheless, stated the choice must be taken by the GST council, information company PTI reported.
Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan had additionally urged Sitharaman to deliver petroleum merchandise below the ambit of the GST.
With inputs from ANI, PTI