Asking whether the hike in price of domestic LPG cylinder will be the cost of toppling Maharashtra, the Congress has announced a nationwide protest against price rise with a focus on GST on essential goods and increase in domestic gas rates.
Last month, Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde had launched a rebellion against the Shiv Sena and majority of the party MLAs sided with him, which led to the collapse of the MVA government (which comprised the Sena, NCP and Congress) led by Uddhav Thackeray.
KTR Takes A Dig At Centre For LPG Price Hike: The Centre announced a hike on domestic 14.2 kg LPG cylinder price by Rs 50 per cylinder from today. The domestic LPG cylinder will cost Rs 1053 in New Delhi and there is a Rs 18 increase on the 5kg cylinder.