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Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress hit out at the Central government over rising fuel prices.
BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday slammed the government over rise in prices of petrol and diesel, terming its silence on the matter as "extremely sad".
In a tweet in Hindi, she said, "The prices of petrol and diesel in the country are skyrocketing and crores of hardworking people and those from the middle class are repeatedly calling for help. But on this important issue of public welfare, the government is a silent spectator, which is extremely sad".
The BSP demanded that the government immediately pay attention to this issue.
The hike in petrol and diesel prices was also criticised by Congress, which demanded an immediate cut in taxes to ease the burden on the common man.
"The people are already facing a hard time either due to loss in business, loss of jobs etc. due to coronavirus pandemic and now the rising petroleum prices has further put burden on them, not only due to high fuel prices but also its impact on all other essential commodities," Congress spokesman Amarnath Agarwal said while demanding that the government immediately roll back the hike.
Agarwal on Monday also accused the government of cheating the people by not forwarding the decline in international prices of crude oil.
Agarwal claimed that the government had distanced itself from the hike in fuel prices saying that it was not under their control but it was not making it mandatory for every petrol pump to display the full breakup of prices showing how much tax was going in the government coffin per litre of fuel.