New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government over the rising in prices of essential commodities including domestic cooking gas, with Rahul Gandhi saying the country is uniting against this injustice.
The price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders across all categories including subsidised gas on Wednesday were hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder, the third straight increase in rates in less than two months.
The former Congress chief hit out at the government over the rise in prices of domestic cooking gas and shared a chart of the hike in LPG rates in the four metros since January while using the hashtag "#IndiaAgainstBJPLoot".
The Congress party launched the campaign on social media using the hashtag and shared videos of common people from across the country narrating their woes regarding price rise.
Congress has been attacking the government over the rise in petrol, diesel and LPG prices and has been demanding reduction in them by removing some of the taxes imposed by the central government.
"The one who is forcing the public to sleep empty stomach is himself sleeping under the shadow of friends....but the country is uniting against the injustice," Gandhi said in a tweet in Hindi.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the prices of domestic cooking gas had doubled in the last seven years, and said "achche din" have come for the BJP to "loot" the country.
"March 1, 2014 - Gas cylinder cost Rs 410. September 1, 2021 - Gas cylinder cost Rs 884. In seven years, the cost has more than doubled. This is Modi ji's promise of 'Achche din'. BJP's 'achche din' of looting people's budgets," Surjewala said in a tweet in Hindi, using the hashtag.
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In a tweet in Hindi, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra also said, "Prime Minister ji, There are only two types of 'development' taking place under your rule: On one hand the income of your billionaire friends is increasing, while on the other, the prices of essential commodities are increasing for the common people".