Despite a surge in oil prices, state-owned Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation and Bharat Petroleum Corporation first froze petrol and diesel rates for a record 137 days beginning early November 2021 when five states including Uttar Pradesh went to the polls, and last month again went into a hiatus that is now 47 days old, , fuel prices, private fuel retailers, ioc, hpcl, bpcl, Reliance-BP, Nayara Energy