BJD to stage dharna outside Raj Bhavan over fuel price hike

BHUBANESWAR: The BJD on Wednesday announced to level dharna outside Raj Bhavan on May 28 opposing the Centre’s state of no activity to keep watch over prices of petrol and diesel.
The birthday party would additionally level non violent demonstration in all 314 blocks and consciousness rallies close to petrol pumps across Odisha for three days ranging from May 28.


Informing it right here at a information conference, birthday party general secretary Sanjay Das Burma said they'd additionally post a memorandum to President Ram Nath Kovind through governor Satya Pal Malik.


“Common persons are suffering because of the anti-poor and anti-people insurance policies of the NDA govt. The govt at the Centre is exploiting people by increasing excise responsibility and charging cess on petrol and diesel. It is ridiculous that that the Union oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan is urging state govt to scale back VAT on gasoline whilst Odisha govt fees low VAT,” Das Burma said.


He additionally accused the BJP-ruled states like Maharashtra and Assam of charging VAT on petrol and diesel at par with Odisha and gathering further cess.


The prices of 1 litre petrol and diesel in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday was once Rs 76.02 and Rs 73.03 respectively.
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