Oil cos not supplying unleaded petrol to bunks:Jaya
Alleging that oil companies were not supplying unleaded petrol and diesel to petrol bunks in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today charged the companies with compelling the bunks to sell only costlier branded petrol and diesel.
By PTI |
CHENNAI: Alleging that oil companies were not supplying unleaded petrol and diesel to petrol bunks in Tamil Nadu, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa today charged the companies with compelling the bunks to sell only costlier branded petrol and diesel.
The Centre should immediately instruct the oil companies to release unleaded petrol and diesel to the bunks, she said.
'Prices of branded petrol and diesel are being fixed by the companies themselves as the Centre do not prescribe the prices for these commodities.
The companies have the freedom to fix their prices,leaving scope for unauthorised hike in the petroleum products price', she said in a statement.
If the situation continued, prices of petroleum products would continue to increase, affecting the poor and middle class as prices of other commodities would go up, she said.
Charging the Tamil Nadu government with being a mute spectator to the situation, she said it was because the state thought that the loss of revenue due to reduction of two pc sales tax on diesel could be "compensated by this."
The Centre should immediately instruct the oil companies to release unleaded petrol and diesel to the bunks, she said.
'Prices of branded petrol and diesel are being fixed by the companies themselves as the Centre do not prescribe the prices for these commodities.
The companies have the freedom to fix their prices,leaving scope for unauthorised hike in the petroleum products price', she said in a statement.
If the situation continued, prices of petroleum products would continue to increase, affecting the poor and middle class as prices of other commodities would go up, she said.
Charging the Tamil Nadu government with being a mute spectator to the situation, she said it was because the state thought that the loss of revenue due to reduction of two pc sales tax on diesel could be "compensated by this."
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When people were demanding a rollback in prices of petroleum products, the oil companies were jacking up the prices by selling only branded petrol and diesel, she said.Start a SIP with as low as ₹500 with ET Money App!
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