'Cylinder Cost Would Have Been Down To Rs 300 If...': Owaisi Cites G20 Expenses To Slam Centre After LPG Price Cut

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said the slash in LPG prices announced by the Modi government is "insufficient" as people are grappling with high fuel rates.

File Photo of AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi ( Image Source :PTI )

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday opined that the slash in LPG prices by the Modi government is "insufficient" as people are grappling with high fuel rates and noted that a lot of money is being spent on the G20 summit to be held in Delhi. This comes as the Union government earlier in the day announced a Rs 200 per cylinder cut in prices of domestic cooking gas, an announcement that is being hailed by the ruling BJP's leaders while the Opposition parties are dismissing the move.

"This is not enough, prices should have been reduced more. Even today, it is very expensive for the poor when the fuel prices are not lowering. For the G20 Summit, Rs 3.5-4 thousand crore is being spent. If the same money would have been used for gas cylinder, then the price would have come down to Rs 300," Owaisi remarked.

"Even now prices are high and I don't this will help the poor," he added.

VIDEO | "This is not enough, prices should have been reduced more. For G20 Summit, Rs 3.5-4 thousand crore is being spent. If the same money would have been used for gas cylinder, then price would have come down to Rs 300," says AIMIM chief @asadowaisi on Union Cabinet's decision… pic.twitter.com/cBYH7H4sEU

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 29, 2023

Jharkhand Congress leader Bandhu Tirkey remarked that "2024 (Lok Sabha) elections are coming, several such gifts will be offered. This was expected." He claimed that such measures would be introduced till the next general elections.

VIDEO | "2024 (Lok Sabha) elections are coming, several such gifts will be offered. This was expected," says Jharkhand Congress leader Bandhu Tirkey on the Union Cabinet's decision to reduce domestic LPG price by Rs 200. #LPGCylinderPrice #LPGcylinder pic.twitter.com/fXEEstXKuO

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 29, 2023

Similarly, Congress leader Shakti Singh Gohil hit out at the Union government accusing it of "looting" people by charging high prices for LPG cylinders for the past nine years.

"They (central government) kept on looting the people by selling Rs 400 LPG cylinders at the rate of Rs 1,100 for nine years. The international rates are lesser in the BJP tenure as compared to the Congress. Now, you are staring at defeats in Assembly polls in five states and Lok Sabha elections, you have reduced the prices by Rs 200 and you Mr Modi are making it look like a major gift. People are innocent, but no one can fool them," he said.

VIDEO | "They (central government) kept on looting the people by selling Rs 400 LPG cylinders at the rate of Rs 1,100 for nine years. The international rates are lesser in the BJP tenure as compared to the Congress. Now, when they are staring at defeats in Assembly polls in five… pic.twitter.com/tDbKI5kagt

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) August 29, 2023

"Reducing the prices by Rs 200 will not benefit you. The way you have looted people by charging Rs 1,100, people will not forgive you for it," he added.

Currently, a 14.2-kg LPG cylinder in the national capital costs Rs 1,103 which is over double the rate it retailed for in May 2020. The same will cost Rs 903 when the decision comes into effect from Wednesday. The price will be Rs 703 for Ujjwala beneficiaries, considering the continuing Rs 200 per cylinder subsidy.

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