Cong planning nationwide protest towards hovering gas costs: Chennithala

The Congress is planning a nationwide protest towards the rising gas costs, senior social gathering chief Ramesh Chennithala stated right here on Friday as he attacked the BJP-led authorities on the Centre over the hovering costs of diesel and petrol.
The Leader of Opposition within the Kerala Assembly, who’s main the ‘Aiswarya Kerala Yatra’ to organize the bottom for Congress-led UDF forward of the Assembly polls, urged the centre and state governments to decrease the excise responsibility on diesel and petrol to ease the burden on the individuals.
“The Congress is planning an all India protest, if the prices of fuel continue to soar on an uncontrolled level,” Chennithala advised reporters right here as he commenced right now’s yatra in Ernakulam district.
He alleged that the BJP-led authorities on the Centre and the LDF authorities in Kerala have been indulging in profiteering as a substitute of passing on advantages of low costs of crude oil to shoppers by decreasing the hiked charges of petrol-diesel-LPG gasoline.
The senior Congress chief stated when the UPA authorities was in energy, value of crude oil was USD 108 per barrel, however petrol and diesel was offered at a subsidised fee at Rs 71.41 and Rs 55.49 per litre.
“Now, the crude oil price is far less than the half of UPA rates but the Narendra Modi-led government has increased the prices of petrol-diesel sky high,” Chennithala stated.

He additionally urged the CPI(M)-led authorities in Kerala to scale back the tax levies on gas to offer reduction to the individuals of the state hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Thursday, petrol value within the nationwide capital closed in on file Rs 88 per litre mark whereas diesel neared Rs 85 in Mumbai after charges throughout the nation have been hiked for the third day in a row.
Rates range from state to state relying on the native incidence of taxation (VAT) and freight.