Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring petrol and diesel under the purview of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying the people were distressed over their skyrocketing prices.
The Congress earlier said that the rise in petrol and diesel prices were due to “excessive taxes” imposed by the Central and State Governments.
His fresh push for bringing petrol and diesel under the purview of GST came a day after the Centre effected a Rs 2.50 per litre cut in their prices. The Centre cut excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 1.50 per litre and asked oil firms to absorb Rs 1 a litre of prices.
“Respected Modi ji, the common man is very distressed over skyrocketing prices of petrol and diesel. Kindly bring petrol and diesel under the purview of GST,” he tweeted in Hindi.
The Congress chief has been attacking the Government over high petrol and diesel prices and his party has accused the ruling dispensation of earning Rs 13 lakh crore due to taxes imposed on petrol and diesel.
The Congress had on Thursday hit out at the Modi Government over what it described as a “meagre” reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel, saying it is like applying a band-aid after inflicting a thousand wounds on the people of the country.