Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath accused the Opposition of raking up inflation and rise in prices of petrol products only to malign the Union Government even as inflation was under control for the last four years.“It is not such a big issue as projected by the Opposition. Ever since Modi became the Prime Minister, inflation has been under control due to strategic policies of the Central Government,” he said.
The CM said the Centre was aware of the rising price of petro products and the issue is under consideration at the highest level in the Government. “The Opposition parties are short of ideas and hence they were trying to create a mountain out of a mole hill aiming to defame the Government on petroleum price hike. Congress president Rahul Gandhi was ussing immature statements to attack the BJP Government,” he said.
When asked if the UP Government could reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on petro-products to bring down prices, the CM said the UP Government is aware of the situation and will do the needful.
When Yogi’s attention was drawn to the Prime Minister’s public meeting in Baghpat a day before polling for Kairana lok Sabha bypoll, he said, “The opposition was trying to create unnecessary controversy. The people of the area are happy that the PM would be inaugurating an eight-lane expressway connecting three districts of UP with Delhi.”