By Bhamy V. Shenoy More likely I may be the only one who questions the policy of NDA Government to drop petrol and diesel prices as a Deepavali gift. I am sure to get brickbats from most. I should hasten to add when in 2018 P. Chidambaram of UPA asked Prime Minister Modi to reduce…
Price rise hits common man
June 18, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The prices of essential commodities have hit the ceiling due to steady increase in the prices of petrol and diesel. This has made life of common people miserable. The hike in fuel prices has impacted auto and cab drivers and truckers. Along with this, the prices of essential commodities have also increased citing increase…
Congress to launch ‘100 Not-Out’ campaign in protest against rising fuel prices from tomorrow
June 10, 2021Bengaluru: Accusing the BJP Government of making holes in the pockets of the common man by hiking fuel prices every day, KPCC President D.K. Shivakumar said that the Congress will launch a 5-day ‘100 Not-Out” campaign against rising fuel prices from tomorrow (June11). Speaking to press persons here yesterday, D.K. Shivakumar charged the BJP of…
To make sense of sensational news covering high petrol and diesel prices
March 2, 2021By Bhamy V. Shenoy Under UPA when crude oil price reached a high of 147 dollars per barrel in May 2008, petrol price in Delhi was around Rs. 50 per litre. On Feb. 1 this year, crude oil price was 56 dollars per barrel and petrol price was Rs. 86.30 per litre. Already in Rajasthan…
Congress distributes free petrol to 150 auto drivers in protest against rising fuel prices
June 23, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Congress party on Saturday registered its protest against rising fuel prices by distributing one litre petrol for free to 150 auto drivers of the city. Former KR MLA M.K. Somashekar launched the free petrol distribution at Amma Community Hall in Dattagalli. Speaking on the occasion, Somashekar slammed the Centre for rising fuel prices,…
Former CM Siddharamaiah condemns hike in fuel prices
June 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to show the Governments at the Centre and the State that petrol could be sold at Rs. 25 per litre, former CM Siddharamaiah, who condemned the high fuel prices, launched a protest organised by former MLA M.K. Somashekar at Chikkamma Nikethana Kalyan Mantap in city yesterday. He symbolically sold petrol at…
Petrol price had crossed Rs.80 in 2013 under UPA
September 11, 2018Mysuru: Even as Congress staged a nation-wide bandh yesterday in protest against rising prices of petrol, diesel and LPG, it is recalled that the price of petrol had breached Rs.80 mark in 2013 itself, when the Congress-headed UPA Government was in power at the Centre. According to a petrol bill issued by a Fuel Station…
Petrol & Diesel: Do we see fake news floating?
September 11, 2018By Bhamy Shenoy, IIT-Madras, Oil Industry Expert Congress Party, with the support of other Opposition parties, organised a nationwide Bharat Bandh yesterday, September 10, 2018, to protest against the price rise in petrol and diesel. Congress claimed that NDA has “looted” Rs. 11 lakh crore from “common man” by imposing high taxes on petroleum products. Most…
Demo against fuel price hike
May 30, 2018Mysuru: Strongly condemning rising fuel prices, over 20 members of Karnataka Sena Pade staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s bust opposite City Law Courts Complex here this morning. Taking exception to daily revision of fuel prices, the members urged the Union Government to bring petrol and diesel prices under GST as it would…
Rise in Petrol Price: P. Chidambaram should not mislead the country
May 25, 2018By Dr. Bhamy V. Shenoy, Oil Industry Expert Under UPA, when crude oil prices averaged $132 per barrel in July 2008 (it was during that month Brent reached a historic high of $147/b) petrol price was just Rs. 50.62 per litre. Today when oil price is around $80/b, petrol price has reached a high of…
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