00:05And more news coming in with Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha
00:09has attacked the central government over commercial LPG prices hike.
00:13Gandhi says the burden is on tea stalls, dabas, hotels, with the cost increasing
00:18because viewers remember this is commercial LPG at the end of the day.
00:22Rahul says first strike on gas now attack on fuel.
00:26Commercial LPG cylinder prices has now risen by 993 rupees.
00:31No change in prices of domestic LPG cylinders.
00:34Gandhi is posted, I'm going to quote from there.
00:36I had warned the heat on inflation would strike after the elections.
00:40Today commercial gas cylinders have become 993 rupees more expensive.
00:47This marks the single largest hike in a single day.
00:50This is the election bill coming due.
00:52Since February, a hike of 1380 rupees and 81% increased in just three months.
00:58Mossmi is getting in more details in that story.
01:00Mossmi, given that this comes right after the polling has been done,
01:04a high stakes battle for various political parties.
01:06So as for the centrally, for the NDA, BJP controlled NDA rather, ruled NDA at the center,
01:13this criticism from the opposition is but expected, isn't it?
01:16That after the elections comes this big jhatka for the Aam Aadmi.
01:21Absolutely, you know, even as Rahul Gandhi had campaigned very little in Bengal,
01:27he did touch upon this issue and how attacking Prime Minister Modi,
01:32he said that he was just throwing the line of the US and completely succumbed to Donald Trump.
01:40And here, you know, inflation has been a key issue that the opposition has been looking to cash on in
01:49the campaign.
01:50So it hasn't really, you know, caught a hole as far as the campaign poll issue is concerned.
01:58And this time round, when it comes, the high comes after the polling,
02:02it's but natural that it's a refreshed ammunition for Rahul Gandhi,
02:07who has been slamming the Prime Minister on foreign policy issues,
02:11yet again saying that this is a severe bungling of the foreign policy by the BJP-led government.
02:19All right, I must be getting into those details at this point in time.
02:22This is the criticism against the central government saying that
02:24this is an attack on the interests of the Aam Aadmi,
02:27where commercial LPG prices have been hiked,
02:30which means the worst affected are going to be small dhabas, small restaurants.
02:35Essentially, if the Aam Aadmi is going to be hit the hardest,
02:37is what the opposition has said here.
02:39So,
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