Mamata Banerjee slams Centre for fuel price hike

Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday took a swipe at the Central government for not doing anything to control the surge in price of petrol and diesel. "Diesel/petrol prices are rising and rising and rising. People are suffering. Kitchens are burning. Government is only talking," she said on Twitter. Petrol prices on Sunday hit a four-year high of Rs 73.73 a litre while diesel rates touched an all-time high of Rs 64.58 in the national capital, renewing calls for the government to slash excise duty on oil import.

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