ThiruvananThapuram: After the controversy involving Actor Joju George in Kochi on Monday during the road blockade performed by the Congress Party against the increase in fuel prices, opposition and the front round clashed over the same problem in the assembly on Tuesday.
While the opposition demands that the government must provide fuel subsidies to provide assistance to the public, the Minister of Finance K n Balagopal said that reducing further state tax will cause a large financial crisis.
Oppo leader V D Satheesan said that actors responded to any protest by CPM, it would be a meeting of condolences the next day.
“We did not take it Let the minister’s head himself ask about this problem, “he said.
Sathean said that the UPA government had handed over power to oil companies only for the price driven by the gas market.
“The idea is to ensure gasoline at a lower level when international crude prices go down.
At the current level, gasoline should be offered to the public at Rs 30 per liter.
But the government is passing through the burden on the public when crude oil prices increase, and Increase taxes when crude oil prices are reduced, so they do not provide assistance to the public, “he said.
Sathean added that they blamed the deregulation for the increase in gasoline-diesel prices, also had to explain how the price of the LPG cylinder rotated.
Sathean demands that the government must be prepared to offer subsidies from excess taxes collected for those affected, including fishermen, autorickshaw drivers, etc.
In the answer, the Minister of Finance said, “The country faces tax shortages and non-tax income because of Covid-19.
The government needs to spend more than RS 900 Crore to retire the Social Security and Rs 14,500 Crore extra for the revised salaries and pensions of employees.
In circumstances This, reducing gasoline and diesel state taxes will lead to a big crisis.
“Balagopal said that the state government had not increased taxes on gasoline and diesel in the past five years.
“Central policy that has increased prices in such a way must change and regardless of political differences all must join hands into the middle in this matter,” he said.
The opposition held a walkout after the speaker denied permission for the delay movement after the explanation of the Minister.
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