'95% People Don't Need Petrol': UP Minister Upendra Tiwari Defends Fuel Price Hike
3 years, 2 months ago

'95% People Don't Need Petrol': UP Minister Upendra Tiwari Defends Fuel Price Hike

News 18  

Dismissing criticism over the rising fuel prices, Uttar Pradesh minister Upendra Tiwari on Thursday said 95 percent people have no use for petrol. Tiwari also argued that fuel prices had not really risen in real terms when the per capita income now is compared with that in 2014, referring to the year when a BJP-led government first came to power at the Centre. At present, 95 per cent people don’t need petrol, Tiwari told reporters in Jalaun. The minister’s remark comes when petrol prices have crossed Rs 100 per litre in most parts of the country, and diesel hovers close to that mark.

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