95 per cent of Indians do not need petrol at all and only a handful use four-wheelers, a Uttar Pradesh Minister said today as petrol and fuel prices increased for the second day in a row and touched new all-time highs.
Petrol and diesel prices on Thursday were hiked by 35 paise per litre each, the second consecutive day of increase that took pump rates across the country to record high levels.
UP minister makes bizarre remark, says 95% people don't need petrol - According to the minister, only a handful of people drive a four-wheeler and most of the people do not have any need for petrol and diesel.
Dismissing criticism over the rising fuel prices, Uttar Pradesh minister Upendra Tiwari on Thursday said 95 per cent of people have no use for petrol. Tiwari also argued that fuel prices had not really risen in real terms when the per capita income now is compared with that in 2014, referring to the year when a BJP-led government first came to power at the Centre. “Today,
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