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Odisha: BJD, Congress demand rollback of fuel price hike
GST
Dated:- 15-5-2026
PTI
Bhubaneswar, May 15 (PTI) The opposition BJD and Congress on Friday demanded an immediate rollback of the fuel price hike, accusing the ruling BJP of adopting a “double standard” on the issue of GST on petrol and diesel.<\/p>\n

The women's wing of the Congress staged a demonstration near a fuel station in Bhubaneswar, protesting the increase of Rs 3 per litre in petrol and diesel prices.<\/p>\n

BJD spokesperson Lenin Mohanty said the BJP had demanded that petrol and diesel be brought under the GST regime when it was in the opposition in the state, but was now taking a contradictory stand after coming to power.<\/p>\n

“This is the time for the BJP to honour it<\/p>\n

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essure” it was being compelled to avoid cheaper fuel imports from Russia.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Mahila Congress activists marched from the party's state headquarters to a fuel station in the Unit-2 area of Bhubaneswar, demanding rollback of the hike in petrol, diesel, commercial LPG and CNG prices.<\/p>\n

As part of the protest, women activists brought two-wheelers without petrol to symbolically highlight the burden of rising fuel costs.<\/p>\n

District Mahila Congress president Shriya Mohanty claimed the fuel price hike exposed the real nature of the BJP government.<\/p>\n

“During the Manmohan Singh government in 2014, diesel was sold at Rs 55 per litre and petrol at Rs 70 per litre,” she claimed. PTI AAM AAM SOM<\/p>\n

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