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APCC president Y.S. Sharmila connected Saturday criticised the TDP-led conjugation authorities implicit the precocious substance prices successful the State, alleging that the authorities was burdening radical done excessive VAT and further cess connected petrol and diesel.
Questioning the government’s imaginativeness of “Advanced Andhra Pradesh,” she said imposing dense taxes connected fuel, portion advising radical to follow austerity measures was unfair. She besides criticised the further ₹4 being collected per litre, and asked whether the load of savings and fiscal subject was lone for the nationalist portion the authorities avoided reducing taxes.
“Petrol costs ₹97.77 per litre successful Delhi, but the terms successful Amaravati stands astatine ₹113.62. Similarly, portion diesel costs ₹93.75 per litre successful Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s location State, the terms successful Andhra Pradesh is ₹101.24 contempt the State playing a large relation successful the NDA alliance,” she posted connected X. She alleged that substance prices successful Andhra Pradesh were ₹10 higher than successful Tamil Nadu, ₹7 higher than Karnataka and ₹4 higher compared to Telangana and Kerala.
She claimed that the radical of Andhra Pradesh were bearing an further load of astir ₹10,000 crore annually owed to precocious VAT and accused some the TDP and the erstwhile YSRCP governments of depending connected dense taxation since 2014 to rise revenues.
Ms. Sharmila demanded that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu trim the 31% VAT connected petrol and diesel, retreat the further ₹4 levy and ₹1 roadworthy cess, and supply astatine slightest ₹5 per litre alleviation to the consumers.
