NEW DELHI: From 'petrolled' to 'fuelonfire', social media users had a box day as of late with hash tags as petrol and diesel prices had been minimize through just one paisa, whereas the primary announcement used to be a discount of 60 paise.
Petrol and diesel prices had been crusing northwards for the past two weeks and as of late used to be the primary time that the prices had been minimize.
However, the quantum of reduction of one paisa opened the floodgates criticism at the social media.
Twitter used to be flooded with hash tags and messages about the associated fee minimize, making amusing of the placement.
'#petrolled', '#fuelonfire', '#petrolprice' and '#fuel' had been a few of the hash tags trending on Twitter besides various memes.
One user posed an image of long long past 5 paise coin, pronouncing "My savings today after filling 5 litres of petrol".
Another user stated, "I am going to invest it in mutual funds now."
Politicians additionally took to the social media to take a dig on the worth minimize of one paisa.
"Dear PM, You've cut the price of Petrol and Diesel today by 1 paisa. ONE paisa!?? If this is your idea of a prank, it's childish and in poor taste," Congress President Rahul Gandhi stated in a tweet.
"P.S. A ONE paisa cut is not a suitable response to the #FuelChallenge I threw you last week," he added.
A fake pas noticed the preliminary announcement coming in that the prices had been minimize through 60 paise whilst the quantum of reduction used to be only one paisa.
"The reduction was supposed to be 1 paisa but due to a clerical error the price prevalent on May 25 was communicated as today's price," a senior legit of Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country's greatest fuel store, explained.
Petrol and diesel prices had been crusing northwards for the past two weeks and as of late used to be the primary time that the prices had been minimize.
However, the quantum of reduction of one paisa opened the floodgates criticism at the social media.
Twitter used to be flooded with hash tags and messages about the associated fee minimize, making amusing of the placement.
'#petrolled', '#fuelonfire', '#petrolprice' and '#fuel' had been a few of the hash tags trending on Twitter besides various memes.
One user posed an image of long long past 5 paise coin, pronouncing "My savings today after filling 5 litres of petrol".
Another user stated, "I am going to invest it in mutual funds now."
Politicians additionally took to the social media to take a dig on the worth minimize of one paisa.
"Dear PM, You've cut the price of Petrol and Diesel today by 1 paisa. ONE paisa!?? If this is your idea of a prank, it's childish and in poor taste," Congress President Rahul Gandhi stated in a tweet.
"P.S. A ONE paisa cut is not a suitable response to the #FuelChallenge I threw you last week," he added.
A fake pas noticed the preliminary announcement coming in that the prices had been minimize through 60 paise whilst the quantum of reduction used to be only one paisa.
"The reduction was supposed to be 1 paisa but due to a clerical error the price prevalent on May 25 was communicated as today's price," a senior legit of Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the country's greatest fuel store, explained.
60 paise to 1 paisa, petrol price cut sets social media on fire
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