Chennai, May, 1 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday demanded that the Centre immediately rollback the hike in commercial LPG cylinder prices. The price of commercial LPG was hiked by the steepest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on May 1, marking the third straight monthly increase due to rising global energy prices linked to the West Asia conflict.
In his social media X platform, the DMK chief alleged that as predicted before the polls, the BJP-led union government has raised LPG prices immediately after the elections concluded.
“When global crude oil prices fell, the benefits were not passed on to the people, ” he said, accusing the Centre of “using the West Asia war crisis as an excuse to raise the prices without regard for public welfare”.
Calling for protection of the livelihood of the people, Stalin demanded an immediate rollback of the LPG price hike.
He asked the Centre to consider the people’s suffering and find solutions. PTI SNR SNR ROH
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