Congress attacks on Center amid increased excise duty on LPG, shared PM Modi's video
Congress Attack On PM Modi: The Congress party on Monday (07 April, 2025) criticized the central government over the increase in the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinders. The opposition party termed PM Modi as the inflation man. Congress President and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge attacked PM Modi and said that your government has done the work of sprinkling salt on the wound.
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He wrote on the social media platform X, "Wow Modi Ji Wow!! The price of crude oil has fallen by 41% internationally as compared to May 2014, but instead of reducing the price of petrol and diesel, your looteri government has increased the central excise duty by Rs 2 each.
Congress attacks on PM Modi over price hike
You must not have been relieved to see the loss of Rs 19 lakh crore in the stock market to big and small investors at one go due to Kumbhakarani sleep on the tariff policy, so your government has come to rub salt on the wound!"
What did Kharge say on the increased prices of LPG cylinders?
On the increase in the prices of LPG cylinders, Kharge said, "There was a shortage of LPG gas cylinders, Modi ji... This time the inflation hit the savings of poor women of Ujjwala too. Loot, extortion, fraud... all these words become synonymous with the BJP Modi government." Congress party shared an old video of PM Modi
LPG गैस सिलेंडर की ही कमी रह गई थी, मोदी जी…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) April 7, 2025
इस बार तो महँगाई का चाबुक “उज्जवला” की ग़रीब महिलाओं की बचत पर भी चल गया।
लूट, वसूली, हेराफेरी…सब मोदी सरकार के पर्याय बन चुके हैं। https://t.co/JiDRNhCS7q pic.twitter.com/63yS5HNIoj
There was a shortage of LPG gas cylinders, Modi ji
Congress party's social media handle X shared an old video of PM Modi, in which he is protesting against the hike in LPG cylinder prices during the UPA government. Meanwhile Congress party wrote in the post, "The government increased the price of gas cylinder by Rs 50. Narendra Modi opposed it and said that the government snatched gas cylinders from the people."
सरकार ने गैस सिलेंडर के दाम 50 रुपए बढ़ाए.
— Congress (@INCIndia) April 7, 2025
नरेंद्र मोदी ने इसका विरोध किया, कहा- सरकार ने लोगों से गैस सिलेंडर छीन लिए. pic.twitter.com/rNyJaeHYMQ
Summary
The party further said, 'Inflation Man' Modi has given a big shock to the public in the form of inflation. The Modi government has directly increased the price of domestic gas cylinder by Rs 50. Narendra Modi has rubbed salt on the wounds of people troubled by inflation. The recovery of Modi government continues.
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