Govt collected over Rs 36 lakh crore from people through petroleum products in 5 years: Congress
Congress accused the Centre on Wednesday of collecting more than Rs 36 lakh crore from people's pockets through petroleum products in the last five years. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that instead of increasing funds for welfare schemes, the Narendra Modi government has continuously reduced allocation by «manipulating data and tampering with facts».
«By imposing excessive taxes, duties and cess on petrol and diesel, the Modi government has looted lakhs and crores of rupees from the common people. According to the answer to a question asked in Parliament, the government has collected more than Rs 36 lakh crore from people's pockets in the last 5 years,» Kharge said in a post on X.
«This government is an expert in closing down old schemes, sometimes changing the names of Congress schemes and calling them new and sometimes trying to garner accolades by changing the names of its own schemes repeatedly.
«We have already seen the state of infrastructure with the collapse of bridges, the collapse of airport roofs, cracks on highways and the leaking roof of the new Parliament,» he said.
The Congress chief said international crude oil prices have fallen by 32 per cent since May 2014, but the government's «loot» on petrol and diesel continues.
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