Ahmedabad: Lashing out at the
Congress-led UPA government at Centre on hike in petrol price,
the Gujarat government on Sunday said that the move has hurt the
common man reeling under inflation.
"The unprecedented overnight increase of Rs 5 per
litre in the petrol price by the Congress-led UPA has breached
the trust of people," state spokesperson and Health Minister
Jaynarayan Vyas said in a statement.
"This has exposed the erratic policy of the union
government on fuel pricing," he said.
Vyas alleged that the union government, under the garb
of rise in international crude prices, passed the burden of
PSU oil companies onto the common people.
The consumption of petrol in Gujarat is pegged close
to 11.50 crore litres per month and at around 138 crore litres
per annum, he said.
Looking at the growing economy of the state the hike
in fuel prices would levy an additional burden of Rs 725 crore
on the people of Gujarat, Vyas said.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 22:02