'Expect more gifts as PM...': Congress after Centre slashes LPG cylinder price
India TodayThe Congress on Tuesday claimed the slash in LPG prices by the Centre is the result of BJP's rout in Karnataka polls and two "highly successful" opposition meetings and said people should expect more such "gifts" as Prime Minister Narendra Modi becomes "even more desperate to cling on to his chair". Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said three months before the five state elections, where the "BJP is staring at certain defeat", and six months before the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is literally clutching at straws. "The Congress government in Karnataka has implemented its five guarantees in 100 days and the Congress government in Rajasthan is giving LPG cylinders at Rs 500," Ramesh said, noting that the response has been phenomenal as people were hurting from BJP’s "misgovernance". "Expect more such ‘gifts’ in the coming months as the Prime Minister becomes even more desperate to cling on to his chair," the Congress leader said.