Bengaluru: Head of the Minister of Balasavaraj Bommai on Monday ruled out the reduction of CESS and sales tax on gasoline and diesel to alleviate prices, which had touched all time, even when Congress did walkout in the Assembly.
Congress has started a debate about the problem of price increases, blaming the BJP government for a high level of fuel.
Providing Renduttal Point-by-Point, Bommai accused the opposition party to play politics on the subject.
He held the UPA government responsible for the increase in fuel prices, by saying that gasoline prices jumped 60 percent during the Congress LED regime between 2004 and 2014.
Conversely, prices have increased 30 percent in seven years.
Governance Narendra Modi, he said.
“Between 60 percent and 30 percent, which is the highest? Prices go up and down depending on many factors.
So, just holding the current government that is responsible is incorrect,” said the ministerial head.
In additional customs (AED), Bommai said it has increased from time to time.
“Between 2010 and 2015, two additional customs clearance from Rs 8 to RS 17 per liter of motor fuel.
Now, it has risen RS 32.
During the Congress-JD government, it goes down.
It will go down again in the future,” said Bommai.
Referring to the congress statement that the center had collected RS 36 Lakh Crore as a duty on fuel, he said about this, Rs 13.8 lakh Crore has been distributed among countries and the rest has been used for development work.
“The Modi government has increased the procurement of the 8 lakh tons of wheat from 3.7 lakh tons during the Upa and Paddy regime to 306 million tons from 176 million tons.
This is separate, it also substantially increases the price of minimum support for plants.
A total of 33 km of highways placed Every day now by fighting 12 km per day during the UPA era.
The money collected from tax on fuel is used in these pro-people ‘steps, “he said.
Opposition leader Siddaramaiiah against Bommai, saying that people suffer from soaring prices.