Delhi people Suffers from BJP vs. AAP clash on Petrol pumps strike ingnoring Common People's constraints.
Delhi people suffers: Petrol pumps in Delhi remain closed. BJP ignited the strike against AAP. Petrol Diesel crisis.
BJP threatening petrol pump owners of I-T raids to continue strike: Kejriwal
HIGHLIGHTS
- Protest is against Delhi government's refusal to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on diesel and petrol.
- Auto and taxis unions are on one-day strike to protest against the Delhi government's policies on cab aggregators.
- Customers are deserting petrol pumps in Delhi due to higher prices in the capital and low prices in neighbouring states.
- Delhi has nearly 1 lakh auto-rickshaws and around 1.5 lakh taxis.
New Delhi: All 400-odd petrol pumps along with linked CNG dispensing units in the national capital are shut today in protest against Delhi government’s refusal to reduce VAT on fuels, the Delhi Petrol Dealers Association (DPDA) said in a statement. The taxi and auto drivers’ union are also observing the strike today.
There are about 400 petrol pumps in Delhi which also have linked compressed natural gas (CNG) stations and all of them will remain closed for nearly 24 hours in protest from 6 am onwards on October 22 and remain closed till 5 am on October 23, it said.
DPDA president Nischal Singhania said, “The central government had slashed the rate of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50 per litre each on September 4. This was followed by reduction of VAT (value added tax) by various states including neighbouring Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, bringing relief to their residents.
DPDA president Nischal Singhania said, “The central government had slashed the rate of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50 per litre each on September 4. This was followed by reduction of VAT (value added tax) by various states including neighbouring Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, bringing relief to their residents.
“But, the Delhi government refused to reduce VAT on fuel both petrol and diesel resulting in fuel becoming more expensive than bordering Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.”
In comparison to Delhi, fuel rates in bordering states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are cheaper, he said.
In comparison to Delhi, fuel rates in bordering states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are cheaper, he said.
Because of high price in Delhi and low prices in states like UP and Haryana, customers are deserting the petrol pumps in Delhi leading to huge drop in sales, Singhania said.
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oct. 21, 2018
BJP people have threatened petrol pump owners of Income Tax raids if they did not go on strike. The oil companies also stated that tough action will be taken against petrol pumps not on strike": Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said in a tweet.
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A twin strike by fuel station owners and autorickshaw and taxi drivers that began in the national capital on Monday morning is set to cripple traffic movement and cause severe inconvenience to commuters in Delhi.
Around 400 fuel stations in the national capital began a 24-hour shutdown to press the Delhi government to slash value-added tax (VAT) on the key transport fuels to cut their losses.
The Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, one of the major auto-taxi unions in Delhi also called for a one-day strike to protest against the Delhi government’s policies on cab aggregators Uber and Ola, and the Centre’s rule on speed governors.
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Oil prices lowest in Delhi amongst the four metros. Why aren’t petrol pumps in Mumbai, which has highest prices, on strike? Becoz Mumbai is BJP govt and BJP is behind today’s strike in Delhi. BJP MUST apologize to the people of Delhi pic.twitter.com/v5BUI0cfRG
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal)
October 22, 2018
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He said the festival season is peak season for the sale of fuel due to social travelling by residents. “DPDA urges the Delhi government to immediately reduce VAT on petrol and diesel and encourage commuters to buy euro VI fuel and save the livelihood of employees and owners of petrol pumps of Delhi and also save state’s revenue loss,” the statement said.
Ahead of the strike, Delhi Petrol Dealers Association (DPDA) president Nischal Singhania had blamed the Arvind Kejriwal government’s refusal to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel prices which he claimed had caused losses of around 30% to the pumps in Delhi as people chose to get fuel at stations in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, which had cut VAT after the Centre slashed petrol and diesel prices by Rs 2.50 per litre each, IANS reported.
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