Photos: Rahul Gandhi protests against hike in fuel prices and inflation

Congress president Rahul Gandhi said prices of petrol and diesel have risen nine times in the last 10 days, and that the poor and middle class have been worst hit by the hike.

Published on: Mar 31, 2022 3:15 PM IST

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a protest against the government over a steep hike in fuel prices and demanded its rollback. (PTI)

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Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi along with other Congress MPs (Member of Parliament) from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha carrying placards raised slogans against the government and sat on a dharna against the fuel price hike. (AFP)

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"Our demand is that the government should control prices and stop raising petrol and diesel prices," Rahul Gandhi said. (ANI)

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"We can see that petrol and diesel prices are climbing rapidly. The government is making thousands of crores from this. The Congress is protesting across the country against this price rise of petrol and diesel. The government has to stop doing this. It has to ensure that prices do not rise," Rahul Gandhi told reporters. (ANI)

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"I had said that when elections will be over, the prices of petrol and diesel will be rising and had asked people to fill up their tanks," Rahul Gandhi added. (PTI)

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Among those present included Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. (PTI)

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Rahul Gandhi tweeted the petrol rates in the neighbouring countries and wrote, "Petrol Rate in Indian Rupees (Rs) Afghanistan: 66.99. Pakistan: 62.38. Sri Lanka: 72.96. Bangladesh: 78.53. Bhutan: 86.28. Nepal: 97.05. India: 101.81." (ANI)

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Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days to ₹6.40 per litre. (ANI)