Rahul Gandhi has targeted the Centre over the global oil prices crash which has significantly reduced crude oil prices and said PM Modi is instead busy in toppling a Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh. congress leader Rahul Gandhi has hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and taken a jibe saying while he was busy destabilising an elected Congress government, oil prices crashed in the markets and its benefits are yet to reach the people.
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In a tweet, Rahul Gandhi said on Wednesday, “Hey @PMOIndia, while you were busy destabilising an elected Congress Govt, you may have missed noticing the 35% crash in global oil prices. Could you please pass on the benefit to Indians by slashing #petrol prices to under 60? per litre? Will help boost the stalled economy.”
Rahul Gandhi has targeted the Centre over the global oil prices crash which has significantly reduced crude oil prices.
World oil prices crashed on Monday, fuelling a vicious selloff on stock markets — which were already buckling under intense pressure over the spreading deadly coronavirus.
Petrol prices slipped below Rs 71-mark for the first time in eight months on Monday as India looked set to reap windfall from a price war among oil producers leading to international crude prices crashing by their biggest margin since the 1991 Gulf war.
International oil prices crashed by close to 31 per cent, the second-largest margin on record, after the disintegration of the OPEC+ alliance triggered an all-out price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia.Rahul Gandhi has attacked the Centre for not reducing fuel prices enough to pass on the benefits of the dip in crude oil prices to customers.
The Congress leader has said instead of helping boost the economy with the oil prices windfall, PM Mod is busy toppling the elected government of Kamal Nath in Madhya Pradesh.
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