Parliament may be stalled if hike in petrol prices not withdrawn: BJP

NEW DELHI: Demanding an immediate roll back of petrol price hike, BJP made a veiled threat of stalling Parliament during the winter session if government fails to do so.

The main opposition also hit out at the UPA allies, saying they were “part and parcel” of the hike. “If the government wants the upcoming session to run smoothly they must roll back the prices immediately... What we demand, what the people of this country demand is to roll back the petrol hike because there is no justification,” BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.

The party maintained that on the day the hike of .`1.80 per litre of petrol was announced, international prices of crude had actually fallen. Javadekar insisted that refined petrol can be sold at .`34/litre in Delhi and .`36/litre in Mumbai. “Why the extra charge... ,” he asked.