Excise obligation minimize on Fuel worth: Trinamool says BJP attempting to idiot lots

By PTI

KOLKATA: TMC on Saturday mentioned the Centre’s determination to slash gas costs is an try to “fool the people” because it had elevated the costs by leaps and bounds in the previous few months and mentioned West Bengal will comply with go well with as soon as it lifts the “economic blockade” and releases the funds because of the state.

TMC nationwide spokesperson Sukhendu Sekhar Ray mentioned the Centre has raised the costs of petrol and diesel no less than 14 instances prior to now few months and by leaps and bounds prior to now one yr.

“Now it is decreasing the prices by Rs 8 and Rs 6 per litre respectively. This is nothing but an attempt to fool the general people. This cut is not enough to bring down inflation”.

To queries, he mentioned West Bengal will slash gas costs as soon as the Centre cleared its dues amounting to Rs 97,000 crore.

TMC state basic secretary Kunal Ghosh mentioned BJP ought to cease attempting to take credit score for reducing gas costs.

“The fuel prices were cur due to immense opposition and public pressure,” he asserted.

The Centre on Saturday minimize excise obligation on petrol by a file Rs 8 per litre and that on diesel by Rs 6 per litre to provide reduction to customers battered by excessive gas costs which has pushed up inflation to a multi-year excessive.

It additionally introduced subsidy of Rs 200 per cylinder to Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries for 12 cylinders in a yr to assist ease among the burden arising from cooking fuel charges rising to file ranges.

Ghosh mentioned, “The BJP has been saying for a long time that it has no role to play in fuel price hike. If it can slash the prices today, it could have done it long back. But it didn’t. So it should stop trying to take the credit of it”.

Ray mentioned the Centre is utilizing financial blockade towards West Bengal “out of vengeance to stifle the state”.

“It (the Centre) should first lift this economic blockade,” he mentioned.

Last month, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had mentioned that she’s going to scale back the tax on petroleum merchandise within the state as soon as the central authorities cleared all of the pending dues it owed to the state.

State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar mentioned if the TMC authorities is pro-people it ought to scale back gas costs within the state.

“Last time the Centre slashed prices fuel prices, other BJP ruled states also followed suit by reducing taxes. The Mamata Banerjee government did nothing except abuse the Centre,” Majumdar mentioned.