Mumbai: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said long queues for public transport are not only due to the COVID restrictions but also because of the high prices of petrol and diesel.
Gandhi’s remarks came amid reports of long queues outside Delhi Metro stations as the average waiting time of commuters went up to nearly an hour at some places on Tuesday.
“Long-inconvenient queues for public transport aren’t just due to Covid restrictions. See the rates of petrol-diesel in your city to find out the real reason,” the former Congress chief said on Twitter.
He used the hashtag “#TaxExtortion” to attack the government over the high taxes levied on petrol and diesel.
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Congress has been accusing the government of collecting crores of rupees by way of excise duty and taxes on petrol and diesel, due to which fuel prices are hovering around Rs 100 per litre in many places in the country.
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