PM Modi calls out Opposition-ruled states, says some didn't cut fuel tax

PM: States did 'injustice' to people by not passing on benefit of Centre's excise duty cut

It was a meeting with chief ministers of states on the Covid-19 situ­ation in the country. However, Prime Minister Narendra Modi brou­g­ht up a rather touchy topic with reg­a­rds to Centre-state relations: fuel prices.

Calling out Opposition-ruled states by name, Modi on Wednesday said some states did not reduce the value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel despite the excise duty cut by the Centre last November and did “injustice” to the people by not transferring the benefits of the move to them.

“Some states reduced taxes but some states did not give any benefit of this to the people. Due to