Rahul slams PM Modi over fuel price hike, calls him “inflation man Modi”
Rahul Gandhi criticised the Centre over recent petrol and diesel price hikes, alleging post-election increases as cumulative fuel prices rose above ₹7 per litre
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday (May 25) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Centre increasing fuel prices and dubbed him as “inflation man Modi”. He also accused the Centre of "quietly fleecing" the pockets of citizens.
His remarks come hours after the Centre increased petrol prices by Rs 2.61 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.71 per litre, pushing the cumulative hikes since May 15 to about Rs 7.35 and Rs 7.53 per litre respectively.
Rahul links hikes to post-election timing
The Congress leader further alleged that the Modi government kept the fuel prices under control during election adding that now the the polls were over, fuel prices are bring hiked in instalments.
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"Inflation Man Modi strikes again. They raise petrol-diesel prices in installments--so that your pocket keeps getting quietly fleeced. I've been warning for months about an economic storm coming. But Modi ji, as always, was busy with elections back then--and the moment elections ended, petrol-diesel was hiked by ₹8," the Congress leader wrote on X.
"And this rise will just keep happening. Inflation Man Modi's only job is this--promises during elections, and the rest of the time, attacks on the public's pocket," his post added.
Kharge calls hikes a 'fuel loot'
During the day, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that people across sectors were paying the cost of what he described as the BJP's "loot of the country".
In a post on X, Kharge said, "The Daily Assault of FUEL LOOT is not over yet!" He said that every increase in fuel rates was adding pressure on ordinary households and affecting wider economic activity.
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"Every fuel price hike is another blow to household budgets, and has a cascading effect on every aspect of the economy," Kharge wrote. He added that, "From Farmers to MSMEs, every strata of the society bears the brunt of the BJP's LOOT."
The latest revision comes after a series of increases in recent days. Fuel prices were raised by Rs 3 per litre on May 15, followed by a 90 paise hike on May 19. Another increase on May 23 pushed petrol and diesel prices higher amid continued pressure from global crude prices and supply concerns.