Following the government's decision to reduce domestic LPG cylinder prices, West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday said that the Prime Minister and ruling party is expert in pleasing people.
With an eye on Lok Sabha polls that are slated to be held next year, the Centre announced a reduction in the prices of cooking gas by Rs 200 per cylinder.
Following the government's decision to reduce domestic LPG cylinder prices, AIMIM president and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that the reduction in the price of cylinders is insufficient.
Nationalist Congress Party (Sharad Pawar faction) leader Supriya Sule on Tuesday called the Central Government's decision to reduce the prices of cooking gas cylinders a 'Jumla' and said that never thought about inflation for past four and a half years.
Reacting to the government's decision to reduce domestic LPG cylinder prices, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday said that this is the pressure of the INDIA alliance.
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said that the Union Cabinet’s decision to reduce domestic LPG cylinder prices was not linked to upcoming assembly polls and was about providing relief to people
Effective Wednesday, the price of a 14.2 kg LPG cylinder will be reduced by Rs 200 across the country. In Delhi for instance, the decision will bring down the cost of a 14.2 kg cylinder from the existing Rs 1,103 per cylinder to Rs 903.
Oil marketing companies generally revise the LPG prices on the first day of every month. The prices of domestic cooking gas vary from state to state depending on local taxes.
A 19 kg of Commercial LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 2,028 in the national capital. However, no changes have been made in the prices of the domestic LPG cylinders, sources said.
Speaking to ANI, Former Chief Minister and Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Chief Kamal Nath lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state government and said that they came to present the budget by spoiling the budget of women of the state.