Hike in LPG prices: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Danve mocks 'bhakts' with 'dig up Aurangzeb's grave' jibe

Mumbai: Slamming the Centre's decision to raise prices of domestic cooking gas by Rs 50, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Ambadas Danve on Monday said "bhakts" (loyalists) of the Union government should dig Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's grave and welcome the hike.

The domestic cooking gas LPG price on Monday was hiked by a steep Rs 50 per cylinder across India and CNG by Re 1 per kg, while the government raised taxes on petrol and diesel to shore up its revenues. Cooking gas for Ujjawala users will cost Rs 553 per 14.2-kg cylinder from the current Rs 503 in the national capital. The same for general users will now cost Rs 853 "Bhakts should dig Aurangzeb's grave and keep talking about the tomb and welcome this decision that will create a hole in the pocket of people. Say Jai Shri Ram," he said in a post on X.

A section of people have been demanding the shifting of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's grave in Khultabad in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, which has caused tension in the state.

The increase in cooking gas price will be for the Ujjawala - poor beneficiaries who got LPG connection free of cost - and general users, and will be effective from April 8 and has been necessitated due to the rise in input cost, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.