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NDA calls for nationwide shutdown on May 31 to protest petrol price hike |
The NDA has called for a nationwide shutdown on May 31 to protest
against the UPA Government's unilateral decision to increase the price of petrol.
"The important thing is that the petrol price has been hiked up to seven rupees.
People don't know the reason behind this big jump. The government is raising its
hand on the issue, saying this is all based on the international market. We have
decided to do a 'Bharat Bandh'," said NDA convenor and Janata Dal-United (JD-U)
chief Sharad Yadav. Yadav also appealed the leaders of various other political
parties to support this shutdown. "The government took a one-sided and unilateral
decision. The government should have discussed this issue in the Parliament. I
would appeal everyone to participate in this 'Bharat Bandh'," said Yadav. "I have
doubts in my mind that the government will incase the price of LPG and diesel
after the presidential polls," he added. Meanwhile, the government has asked Union
Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister S. Jaipal Reddy to cut short his official visit
to Turkmenistan by a day, and return to New Delhi to explain to the people the
reasons for going ahead with the petrol price hike. In the steepest ever increase,
the UPA-II Government on Wednesday raised petrol prices by about a massive Rs
7.54 per litre, the first hike in rates in six months. The hike in prices means
that the price of petrol in Delhi will go up from Rs.65.64 per litre to Rs.73.14
per litre. In Mumbai, the price will go from Rs.70.66 per litre to Rs.78.16 per
litre. In Kolkata, the price will go from Rs.70.03 per litre to Rs.77.53 per litre
In Chennai, the price will go from Rs.69.55 per litre to Rs.77.05 per litre. State-owned
oil companies have decided to raise petrol price by Rs 6.28 per litre excluding
local sales tax or VAT. The hike translates into Rs 7.50 per litre in Delhi and
is the steepest ever. The decision to hike petrol prices came a day after the
end of the Budget Session of Parliament.
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