Where did the Centre's revenue of Rs 2 lakh crore from gas-petrol-diesel go? : Rahul

(PTI) New Delhi, Dt

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday lashed out at the central government for raising the price of cooking gas (LPG) by state-owned oil companies. He said that for the government, the increase in GDP means an increase in the price of gas-diesel-petrol. The central government has spent Rs. He also questioned where the Rs 2 lakh crore revenue had gone.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the central government claims growth in GDP. However, for the government, GDP means rising prices of gas, diesel and petrol. He added that the price hike in petrol-diesel has a direct impact on the pockets of the people. This makes transport more expensive, which in turn increases inflation. Rahul Gandhi questioned the Center that the NDA government has earned Rs 3 lakh crore in the last seven years from price hikes in gas, diesel and petrol. Where did this money go? We have seen a new economic paradise in the last seven years. Both demonetization and monetization are happening simultaneously. Four or five friends of Narendra Modi are being monetized while farmers, laborers, small shopkeepers, MSMEs, salaried class, government employees and honest businessmen are being demonetized.

Rahul Gandhi added that at a time when the price of international crude oil was થી 80 to ૦૦ 100 per barrel during the UPA government, the situation in India was spiraling out of control. Comparing the prices of petrol, diesel and gas under the UPA regime, the Congress leader said that when the UPA was in power in 2014, the price of LPG was Rs. Was 610. Today, it has more than doubled to Rs. 3 has been born. In 2018, the price of petrol will be Rs. 71.50, today Rs. 101 and the price of diesel in 2018 is Rs. 6 and today Rs. Is 3. International crude oil prices have remained low over the last seven years compared to the UPA regime, while petrol, diesel and LPG prices have remained high under the Modi regime.