In a post on X, Stalin accused the BJP-led Central government of hiking excise duty on petrol and diesel prices despite a drop in global crude oil rates, stating that citizens are not asking for a price cut but merely begging for no further increases.
The central government has raised the excise duties on diesel and petrol each by Rs 2 per litre, effective from Tuesday, according to a notification from the Department of Revenue.
"The price per cylinder of LPG will increase by Rs 50. From Rs 500, it will go up to Rs 550 (for PMUY beneficiaries), and for others, it will go up from Rs 803 to Rs 853," the minister said.
"There have been fuel prices hikes and LPG cylinder price hikes in the past by the BJP government at the Centre. Now, the toll prices have been hiked. The BJP never protests against these price rises," he said while speaking to reporters.
The incident occurred at a factory-like shop located within the jurisdiction of Azad Nagar police station limits in the city at around 11 am on Tuesday. Upon receiving the information, the police reached the spot and sent the injured to the hospital.
Earlier today, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders held a protest at ITO over the BJP's "failure" to deliver the free LPG cylinders as promised before the Delhi polls.
AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj slammed Delhi BJP president Virendraa Sachdeva, saying he's not a minister or chief minister, and demanded to know what administrative problems prevented the government from fulfilling its promise of free LPG cylinders to Hindus in Delhi on Holi.
Speaking to ANI, Manoj Tiwari said, "We are celebrating Holi with all our party workers of Delhi. I congratulate everyone on this joyous occasion. Holi comes once a year, and those trying to create any kind of issue are not doing good. 'Holi waale Holi manaayein, Jumma waale Jumma manaaye
Amid AAP protests over the free LPG cylinder promise, BJP state president Virendra Sachdeva on Thursday assured that the party will fulfil all promises in its Sankalp Patra. He added that AAP would soon face consequences worse than Congress.