Rahul Gandhi slams government over rising fuel prices

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took a dig on the authorities over the growing costs of petrol and diesel, alleging that there was “destruction for all” and improvement of “rising costs”. Tagging a media report which claimed that if the federal government had not hiked taxes, petrol would have been Rs 66 per litre and diesel would have been Rs 55 per litre, Gandhi alleged that the federal government was indulging in “tax extortion”.

“‘Sabka vinash, mehengaai ka vikas’ (destruction for all, improvement of rising costs),” Gandhi tweeted in Hindi utilizing the hashtag ‘TaxExtortion’.