Social distancing and all the norms to contain coronavirus allegedly went for a toss when a large number of Congress workers staged a demonstration against the fuel price hike here on Monday.
Delhi Congress leaders on Monday staged a protest across the city against hike in fuel prices, raising slogans against the BJP-led central govt and the AAP-led Delhi govt
The former Congress party chief took to Twitter to show his resentment and stated, "Come and join #SpeakUpAgainstFuelHike campaign"
Petrol price in the national capital was increased for the 22nd day by 5 paise to Rs 80.43 and diesel price by 13 paise to Rs 80.53.
The continuous surge in rates of petrol and diesel prices for 21 consecutive days came to a halt on Sunday with no increase in prices
Congress will hold a nationwide agitation on Monday against the rising prices of petrol and diesel and its MPs, MLAs and leaders will submit memorandums to the President demanding a rollback of hikes
On June 27, price of petrol was increased by Rs 0.25 per litre while that of diesel by Rs 0.21 per litre. Rates differ from state to state, depending on value-added tax (VAT)
Petrol and diesel prices continued their cat-and-mouse chase in the capital. Petrol is now just a whisker away to returning to its numero uno spot
After 21st straight daily hike, the price of petrol in Mumbai hit Rs 87.14 a litre, and diesel went up to Rs 78.71 a litre. In Kolkata, the prices were at Rs 82.05 and Rs 75.52 a litre, respectively
Diesel was more expensive than petrol in the city for the third consecutive day on Friday
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In Mumbai, the price of petrol touched Rs 86.91 a litre and diesel went up to Rs 78.51 a litre. In Kolkata, the prices were at Rs 81.82 a litre
Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 79.92 per litre from Rs 79.76, while diesel rates were increased to Rs 80.02 a litre from Rs 79.88, according to a price notification of state oil marketing compa
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Meanwhile, diesel prices in the national capital for the first time crossed that of petrol on Wednesday
The BJP-led state government earlier this month raised the cess on petrol and diesel by Rs 1 to make up for the decline in revenue collection due to Covid-19 outbreak
With the current hike, the price of petrol increased by a cumulative Rs 9.41 a litre in Delhi, while diesel increased by Rs 9.58 a litre in the last 18 days
The retail prices of petrol and diesel has been raised on every single day for more than a fortnight now
For the first time in the history of Delhi, diesel became costlier than petrol on Wednesday
Congress has been attacking the BJP-led NDA government for increasing the petrol and diesel prices every day for the past 18 days after the lockdown restrictions were relaxed