Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot has made a scathing attack on BJP’s Bhajan Lal government over the rising prices of petrol and diesel. While posting on X, he wrote that Rajasthan government is benefiting due to petrol and diesel becoming expensive. He has demanded the BJP government to provide relief to the common people by reducing their VAT.
He further said in the post on X, ‘The continuous increase in the prices of petrol and diesel is putting a heavy burden on the pockets of the common man. Due to the increase in freight charges, every day-to-day item has become expensive, due to which the life of the poor and middle class has become difficult. The direct and biggest loss due to diesel becoming expensive is being suffered by our Annadata farmers, due to which their agricultural costs have increased.
Ashok Gehlot said, ‘When petrol and diesel become expensive, the VAT of the state government automatically increases, due to which the government gets additional revenue. While in opposition, BJP used to continuously raise questions regarding VAT, but even today the VAT in Rajasthan is much higher than the neighboring states of Haryana and Gujarat. The state government should leave aside its profits and think about the interests of the common people. Also tagging Chief Minister Bhajan Lal, he wrote, ‘My demand is that the state government should immediately reduce VAT and road cess, so that the people of the state can get some relief from this back-breaking inflation.’
Allegations were made earlier also
Even before this, Congress leader Ashok Gehlot had attacked the government over the rising prices of diesel, petrol and LPG. He had raised serious questions on the state government regarding the alleged shortage of diesel, petrol and LPG in Jodhpur. He said that the general public is facing problems for essential facilities like fuel and gas, which shows administrative negligence.
Gehlot’s big claim regarding petrol pumps
Gehlot claimed that about 40 percent of the petrol pumps in Jodhpur have become dry and at many places only limited quantities of petrol and diesel are being given. He said that people are not getting fuel worth more than Rs 1000, while LPG cylinders are also not available for many days. Posting on social media platform Due to this, long queues are forming at petrol pumps.
appealed to the government
He appealed to the government to provide correct information to the public and strengthen the supply system so that rumors and chaos can be avoided. The state administration says that the situation is being monitored and efforts are on to normalize the supply.
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