<p class="title rtejustify">Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the one paisa cut in fuel prices, saying if this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of a "prank", it was "childish and in poor taste".</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Petrol and diesel prices were today cut by one paisa per litre each, the first reduction after 16 days of relentless price hikes.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Gandhi said the one paisa cut in petrol rates was not a "suitable response" to the fuel challenge he threw to the prime minister a few days ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"Dear PM, You've cut the price of Petrol and Diesel today by 1 paisa. ONE paisa!?? If this is your idea of a prank, it’s childish and in poor taste," Gandhi tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"P.S. A ONE paisa cut is not a suitable response to the 'Fuel Challenge' I threw you last week," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The marginal decline in the fuel prices had its share of excitement with state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) first announcing a reduction of 60 paise -- the biggest since daily price revision was introduced in mid-June last year, only to retract it within a couple of hours citing a technical error.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The oil companies this morning announced reduction in petrol price by 60 paise to Rs 77.83 a litre and diesel by 56 paise to Rs 68.75 in Delhi. This was rectified to 1 paisa a litre.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Read</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/after-16-days-petrol-price-cut-60-paise-diesel-56-paise-litre-672402.html" target="_blank">Fuel price cut revised to just 1 paisa</a></p>
<p class="title rtejustify">Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the one paisa cut in fuel prices, saying if this was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's idea of a "prank", it was "childish and in poor taste".</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Petrol and diesel prices were today cut by one paisa per litre each, the first reduction after 16 days of relentless price hikes.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Gandhi said the one paisa cut in petrol rates was not a "suitable response" to the fuel challenge he threw to the prime minister a few days ago.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"Dear PM, You've cut the price of Petrol and Diesel today by 1 paisa. ONE paisa!?? If this is your idea of a prank, it’s childish and in poor taste," Gandhi tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">"P.S. A ONE paisa cut is not a suitable response to the 'Fuel Challenge' I threw you last week," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The marginal decline in the fuel prices had its share of excitement with state-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) first announcing a reduction of 60 paise -- the biggest since daily price revision was introduced in mid-June last year, only to retract it within a couple of hours citing a technical error.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The oil companies this morning announced reduction in petrol price by 60 paise to Rs 77.83 a litre and diesel by 56 paise to Rs 68.75 in Delhi. This was rectified to 1 paisa a litre.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Read</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify"><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/after-16-days-petrol-price-cut-60-paise-diesel-56-paise-litre-672402.html" target="_blank">Fuel price cut revised to just 1 paisa</a></p>