Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia here on Tuesday challenged Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for a debate with him on development issues.
While talking to media persons, he said, “The BJP blows its own trumpet about development. I want to challenge Chouhan for an open debate at the time and place of his choice.” He further said that June 6 is the sad day in Madhya Pradesh’s history, as six innocent farmers were gunned down in Mandsaur last year on the same day.
Hitting out at the Centre for the marginal decline in the fuel prices, Scindia dubbed it as 'Ek paise waali sarkar'" (One Rupee Government).
The Congress leader from Madhya Pradesh also dragged Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and asked why the state government is not taking any step in this regard.
"The Government is putting a blot on people of this nation by lowering fuel prices by 1 paise. I will call them 'Ek paise waali sarkar'," Scindia said.
"Most importantly Madhya Pradesh charges highest 28 percent VAT on petrol and 22 per cent on diesel. If the Centre isn't doing anything, why is Shivraj government not lowering VATIJ" He questioned.
This comes after petrol prices across the metro cities were cut by 12-14 paise per litre compared with the previous day's prices, while Diesel prices were slashed by 9-10 paise per litre across the four metros.
The lowering of fuel prices follows sixteen days of consecutive hikes, on the back of the surge in crude oil prices in the international market.