Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Maken on Sunday joined the Congress workers in their signature campaign at the petrol pump, near Zakir Hussain College, Civic Centre to collect 10 lakh signatures from petrol pumps across the Capital to protest against the unprecedented rise in the prices of petrol.
Maken said 10 lakh signatures will be presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modia and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to express the people’s anguish at the unchecked rise in the prices of petrol and diesel. Maken said if excise and VAT duties are reduced, then petrol could be sold in Delhi for Rs 34 per litre while diesel prices will come down to Rs 32 per litre.
“In the last three years, centre has increased the excise duty on petrol by 133 per cent and on diesel by 400 per cent while the Kejriwal Government in Delhi increased VAT from 20 to 27 per cent on petrol per litre while VAT on diesel was increased from 12.5 per cent to 16.75 per cent,” he added.