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Opposition parties connected Saturday (March 7, 2026) slammed the Union authorities for hiking the terms of LPG cylinders oregon cooking gas, with the Congress questioning the government’s assertion of having capable petroleum stocks amid the West Asia crisis.
The prices of home LPG and commercialized cylinders were hiked by a steep ₹60 and ₹114.5, pursuing an summation follows a emergence successful planetary vigor prices due to the fact that of the West Asia conflict. The terms summation is effectual from March 7.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, successful a station connected X , said the Narendra Modi authorities is helpless successful providing alleviation to the communal people.
“First, the benefits of little planetary prices were snatched from the public. Now, the sweat of the radical is being extracted nether the load of inflation. The Modi government, which boast sab changa si [all is well] when the warfare broke out, is helpless successful providing capable oil-gas, fertiliser!” Mr. Kharge said successful his post.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party main Akhilesh Yadav told reporters that the authorities imposes taxes, connected the 1 hand, and increases prices connected the other. “Remember, erstwhile the terms of thing goes up, it volition ne'er travel down,”Mr. Yadav said, adding,“And the crushed for ostentation is profiteering and corruption”.
All India Mahila Congress main Alka Lamba held an impromptu protestation implicit the contented portion Congress wide caput Randeep Surjewala questioned the Modi government’s caller assertion that determination was nary shortage of cooking state oregon LPG successful the country. “Then wherefore were LPG prices abruptly hiked? Is this an accidental successful disaster? One happening is clear: ‘If there’s Modi, there’s inflation’!” Mr. Surjewala said successful a X post.
Shiv Sena (UBT) person Priyanka Chaturvedi told reporters that if the authorities didn’t walk connected the benefits little crude prices earlier, past it should person “cushioned” the radical from the latest crisis. “It is shameful, unfortunate and this should beryllium rolled back,”Mr Chaturvedi said.
