Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday demanded reduction in taxes by the State Government to provide relief to the common from high fuel prices.
Hooda also demanded that petrol and diesel prices be brought under the GST ambit.
“Diesel and petrol prices are at all-time high. The State Government should reduce its taxes to provide some relief to the public,” Hooda said while talking to the mediapersons here.
Haryana has the highest sale of petrol and diesel in northern region, he said.
Earlier, the former two-time Chief Minister Hooda led a delegation of the Congress MLAs which met Haryana Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya and sought his intervention in the suspension of Congress MLA Karan Dalal from the Haryana Assembly for one year. The delegation also submitted a memorandum to the Governor.
The delegation apprised the Governor that the Palwal MLA was recently suspended and barred from attending the sittings of the Assembly for one year after he was alleged to have used a derogatory word and unparliamentary language.
The Congress MLAs also told the Governor that the ruling BJP had "violated" rules and regulations to have Dalal suspended from the Assembly.
They also demanded effective steps to control "rising crime, especially against women in state", and redressal of the grievances of the State Government employees.
“The recent crime incidents in Rewari, Faridabad and other places are really very tragic. Prompt, strict and effective action is required to be taken in such matters, which is not being taken by the State Government. The protection of the life and liberty of the people is the primary responsibility of the state in which the present government has failed miserably,” the memorandum submitted to the Governor stated.
It further stated, “This government is in office and not in authority and it is the criminals whose writ runs large in the state. Even the legislators are being threatened publicly and the government is not taking any action against the culprits.”