India’s fuel prices rise to historical highs, the government’s failure to curb inflation leads to public dissatisfaction
Overseas Network, October 31. The Russian Satellite News Agency reported that as of October 31, India’s domestic gasoline and diesel prices rose for the fifth consecutive day. The price of gasoline has exceeded 100 rupees (about 8.55 yuan) per liter, a record high. . This triggered dissatisfaction among Indian politicians and the public against Modi’s government.
On the 31st, the former General Secretary of the National Congress of India, Digvijaya Singh, on social media on the 31st, criticized the Modi government for the continued increase in fuel prices, saying sarcastically that “India’s inflation is at a historic high and the Modi government should step down.” Singh also quoted Modi’s previous video “slaps” the government that promised to lower fuel prices.
Indians also expressed dissatisfaction with the continued increase in fuel prices. A netizen complained that in October, India’s fuel prices rose 24 times, which was unprecedented and was the biggest “achievement” of the “New India”. Another person wrote: “Before 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party slogan to curb inflation, but now 2021 is about to end, India’s inflation has set a new record. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s slogan seems to be a joke.”
(Original title: India’s fuel prices have risen to historical highs, and the government’s ineffectiveness in curbing inflation has caused public dissatisfaction)