New Delhi: Demanding an immediate roll back of petrol price hike, the BJP on Monday made a veiled threat of stalling Parliament during the winter session if Government fails to do so.
The main opposition also hit out at the UPA allies, saying they were 'part and parcel' of the hike. The comments come at a time when Mamta Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has sought an appointment with the Prime Minister on Tuesday to convey its unhappiness over the hike.
"If the government wants the upcoming session to run smoothly they must roll back the prices immediately... What we demand, what the people of this country demand is to roll back the petrol hike because there is no justification," BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said.
The party maintained that on the day the hike of Rs 1.80 per litre of petrol was announced, international prices of crude had actually fallen.
Javadekar insisted that refined petrol can be sold at Rs 34/litre in Delhi and Rs 36/litre in Mumbai.
"Why the extra charge... because this is a totally unjustified move. For when we talk of pricing petrol, it is based on abnoxious concepts and it seems that govt is insensitive towards people worries and aspirations," he said.
The BJP charged that the government has lost touch with reality and this has made the people angry, and feeling oppressed and harassed.
On reports that government may go for further deregulation of diesel too, BJP said it "needs all out condemnation because this is futher harassment" and has no real justification.
Javadekar reasoned that one cannot bring policy changes in the name of reforms when people are already living under double digit inflation.
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