Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday blamed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre for rise in petrol and diesel prices, saying excessive taxes caused the spurt. He demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under GST. Chidambaram, who was former finance minister, slammed the government in a series of tweets and demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under the GST immediately.
TN finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan slashed the tax on petrol by ₹3 per litre, on the instructions of the chief minister, while presenting the DMK governments maiden budget in a paperless form on Friday. This move is expected to cost the government ₹1,160 crore.
In the national capital, petrol prices were steady at Rs 101.84 per litre and diesel rates were unchanged at Rs 89.87 per litre, according to the Indian Oil Corporation
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