Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K. Sudhakaran squarely blamed the BJP-led Central government for the spiralling fuel and cooking gas prices.
Inaugurating the Congress’ Raj Bhavan siege against fuel price rise and inflation, Mr. Sudhakaran condemned the Kerala government for failing to cushion the impact of the inflation on household budgets.
He said the LDF government had raked in ₹6,000 crores by way of local levy on fuel last year alone. The Centre had earned ₹26 lakh crores in fuel and LPG taxes. Mr. Sudhakaran challenged the government to prove its welfarism credentials by forsaking the revenue. Both the Centre and the State had imposed tax terrorism on the common folk, he said.
