<p>Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Vijay Goel on Friday slammed the “Congress-AAP alliance” for fuelling inflation with a triple blow of hike in price of cooking gas, CNG and a 10 per cent increase in water tariff. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The price hikes approved by the AAP in Delhi and its alliance partner Congress at the level of Central government will affect every household,” said Goel.<br /><br />“The BJP wants immediate rollback of the increase in prices of water, cooking gas and CNG,” he said.<br /><br />The hike of Rs 220 in non-subsidised LPG cylinder will further burden the middle class and lower income groups who are grappling with skyrocketing prices of food grains and other essential commodities.<br /><br />“The prime minister has himself accepted that there are no jobs. In such a situation, it is not possible to make both ends meet,” he said.<br /><br />The hike in CNG will raise cost of transport and have a cascading effect on prices, said the BJP chief.<br /><br />Similarly, the hike in water tariff by 10 per cent ordered by the Kejriwal government for consumers who use more than 20 kilolitre water a month will affect the middle class.<br /><br />“Both the Congress and the AAP are raising prices and seem to be supporting each other on this,” said Goel. <br /><br />“This is a betrayal of the trust of people. Both of them stand exposed today as none of them have even tried to roll back these hikes,” he added.<br /><br />Price rise was one of the major poll planks of the BJP in the just concluded Assembly elections. The party had highlighted the issue of costly onions, which touched a high of Rs 100 a kg in some pockets in the city, to attack the then Congress government led by Sheila Dikshit. <br /><br />The Congress got a drubbing in the election and the party managed to get only eight seats. The BJP got 31 seats and the Aam Aadmi Party which got 28 seats formed a minority government.<br /></p>
<p>Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party chief Vijay Goel on Friday slammed the “Congress-AAP alliance” for fuelling inflation with a triple blow of hike in price of cooking gas, CNG and a 10 per cent increase in water tariff. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“The price hikes approved by the AAP in Delhi and its alliance partner Congress at the level of Central government will affect every household,” said Goel.<br /><br />“The BJP wants immediate rollback of the increase in prices of water, cooking gas and CNG,” he said.<br /><br />The hike of Rs 220 in non-subsidised LPG cylinder will further burden the middle class and lower income groups who are grappling with skyrocketing prices of food grains and other essential commodities.<br /><br />“The prime minister has himself accepted that there are no jobs. In such a situation, it is not possible to make both ends meet,” he said.<br /><br />The hike in CNG will raise cost of transport and have a cascading effect on prices, said the BJP chief.<br /><br />Similarly, the hike in water tariff by 10 per cent ordered by the Kejriwal government for consumers who use more than 20 kilolitre water a month will affect the middle class.<br /><br />“Both the Congress and the AAP are raising prices and seem to be supporting each other on this,” said Goel. <br /><br />“This is a betrayal of the trust of people. Both of them stand exposed today as none of them have even tried to roll back these hikes,” he added.<br /><br />Price rise was one of the major poll planks of the BJP in the just concluded Assembly elections. The party had highlighted the issue of costly onions, which touched a high of Rs 100 a kg in some pockets in the city, to attack the then Congress government led by Sheila Dikshit. <br /><br />The Congress got a drubbing in the election and the party managed to get only eight seats. The BJP got 31 seats and the Aam Aadmi Party which got 28 seats formed a minority government.<br /></p>
