Shaurya Sharma
Fatehgarh Sahib, June 29, 2020: The District Congress Committee led by President Subhash Sood today organized a protest dharna against the Union government demanding roll back in the unprecedented hike in the prices of Petrol and Diesel. All the three MLAs from the district Kuljit Singh Nagra Fatehgarh Sahib, Kaka Randeep Singh Amloh and Gurpreet Singh GP Bassi Pathana attended the protest dharna and submitted a memorandum to DC to be forwarded to the President of India.
Addressing the dharna Congress leaders said that as the country is facing unprecedented health and economic pandemic, Modi government is profiteering from the miseries of the people by repeated increase in Excise duty on Petrol and diesel.
Kuljit Singh Nagra MLA said that in 2014 when BJP assumed power Excise duty on petrol was Rs.9.20 per liter and on Diesel Rs.3.46 per liter and in the last six years BJP government has increased Excise duty on petrol by an additional Rs.28.37 per liter which is 820% hike and on Diesel 258% hike in Excise duty. He said that the Modi government has earned Rs.18,00,000 Crore in the last six years by increase.
Kaka Randeep Singh said that in the last three and half months Modi government has increased Petrol Rs.21.50 per liter and Diesel Rs.26.48 per liter. He said the biggest proof of cheating and fleecing the common man and bleeding their hard earned money can be gauged from the fact that crude oil prices have gone down over the last few months.
Subhash Sood President DCC, Harinder Singh Bhambhri Chairman District Planning Board, Gurpreet Singh GP MLA o addressed.als