Lucknow, 01 May

(HS): Akhilesh Yadav, president of the Samajwadi Party, criticized the BJP on

Friday for sharply raising the price of commercial cylinders, claiming it will

make food more costly for ordinary people. Commercial LPG prices rose by the

sharpest ever Rs 993 per 19-kg cylinder on Friday, marking the third

consecutive monthly rise owing to rising global energy prices connected to the

West Asia war. 19-kg commercial LPG, which is used by facilities like as hotels

and restaurants, now costs a record Rs 3,071.5 in Delhi, up from Rs 2,078.50

earlier. However, domestic LPG pricing remain constant. Cylinders do not get

pricey; the roti-thali does. This is only known by those who buy and consume it

themselves, not by those who go and dine at other people's tables or steal from

other people's plates, according to Yadav.

If they had to make the cylinder pricey, they

should have done so for Rs 1,000. Who are these BJP folks doing a favor

to by not raising the price by Rs 1,000 but only Rs 7 short of it, the former

CM asked sarcastically. The Lok Sabha MP also inquired as to when the BJP will

introduce a censure resolution on inflation, unemployment, joblessness,

and recession.

His jab at the BJP referenced both Houses of the Uttar Pradesh legislature

voting a censure vote against the Samajwadi Party, Congress, and other INDIA

bloc parties on Thursday for their stand on the women's reservation bill in Lok

Sabha.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi