KTR says that Modi launched this new drama of Rozgar Mela just before Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections.

New Delhi Oct 21 PTI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the Centre over rising prices of petrol and diesel and said the government is playing a cruel joke on the public Petrol and diesel prices on Thursday were hiked by 35 paise per litre each the second consecutive day of increase that took pump rates across the country to record high levels Slamming the government Gandhi tweeted GOI is playing a cruel joke on our public He used the hashtag TaxExtortion and shared a social media post which said that a new word -- Fillionaire One who cannot afford a full tank in India -- has been coined courtesy Modi governments fuel loot The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 10654 a litre and Rs 11244 per litre in Mumbai according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers In Mumbai diesel now comes for Rs 10326 a litre while in Delhi it costs Rs 9527 per litre This is the second consecutive day of price hike There was no change in rates on October 18 and 19 prior to which prices were hiked by 35 paise per litre each on four straight days While petrol has already hit the Rs 100-a-litre mark or more in all major cities of the country diesel has touched that level in over a dozen states and is treading towards that mark in places from Srinagar to Chennai Diesel costs Rs 9914 a litre in Srinagar while it is priced at Rs 9959 in Chennai PTI ASK ASK SMN SMN

New Delhi Sep 23 PTI The Congress on Thursday demanded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for every coronavirus victim after a fresh survey and said the amount of Rs 50000 promised by the Centre is a cruel joke as the crisis in the country is clearly man-madeCongress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate alleged that the Centre has been dragging its feet on compensation from day one and said her party leadership has stated that there needs to be proper and adequate compensation for coronavirus deathsWe demand a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for every life lost during corona because corona in India is a man-made crisis she told reportersThe double speak and hypocrisy of the Narendra Modi government is out for everyone to see Shrinate said asserting that the Centre cannot get away with this cruel joke of Rs 50000The shameful attempts to mask deaths have to be stopped immediately There should be a fresh survey of deaths in every state adequate compensation should be given and fresh claims should be accepted she demandedThe Centre has told the Supreme Court that the compensation on account of coronavirus deaths is going to be only Rs 50000How are they calculating that on what basis Rs 50000 is beyond our mortal imagination we do not comprehend that but the reality is that this government has been dragging its feet on compensation from day one Shrinate saidShe alleged that instead of providing oxygen cylinders beds vaccines and medicines the government was too busy electioneering when the virus was spreading during the second wave of the pandemic and people were dying due to a lack of these essentialsThe Congress leader recalled that the Centre had told the Supreme Court that under the National Disaster Management Act Rules 2005 the coronavirus is not a disaster which was rejected by the courtThe government kept taking adjournments and dragging its feet and eventually on September 22 it said through the SDRF a compensation of Rs 50000 will be released to every family every life that has been lost due to the coronavirus she saidShrinate said the law clearly states that every life lost during a disaster will be compensated for by Rs 4 lakhWhy is the government going back on the written law on the written words It is absolutely true that at a time when the government should have prioritised corona management it failed to do so it was too busy in electioneering and which is why we saw the worst impact of corona she allegedThe Congress leader said people lost jobs due to the coronavirus crisis and were forced to withdraw almost Rs 60000 crore from the EPFShe also alleged that the Centre has collected nearly Rs 454 lakh crore from taxes on petrol and diesel in the last one year and wondered why it cannot give only 48 per cent from the excise duty collected on fuelIt is also a good day to ask where is the PM Cares fund What is happening with that Where is that money being put to use Why is such a shroud of secrecy around there Why is nobody talking about the PM Cares fund in the government Shrinate askedShe said it is not a private fund of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP as it has the money that the common people have contributed in the name of the Prime Minister of India Why is this money not being put to use the Congress leader asked PTI SKC RC

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 9 (ANI): Terming the hike in minimum support price of wheat announced by the Centre as "pathetic", Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday accused the Centre of rubbing salt on the wounds of farmers, who have been out on the roads agitating against the farm laws for the past 10 months.