Centre looting people by hiking petrol and diesel prices: Pinarayi Vijayan
Pinarayi Vijayan criticized the Union government for increasing petrol and diesel prices despite falling global crude prices. He described the price hikes as a form of 'daylight robbery' and accused the BJP of manipulating fuel prices around elections. Vijayan also challenged the Congress-led UDF to follow through on their previous demands for tax cuts now that they are in power in Kerala.
- ▪Pinarayi Vijayan accused the Union government of looting people through fuel price hikes.
- ▪He claimed that the BJP is repeating its strategy of raising prices after elections.
- ▪Vijayan challenged the UDF to implement tax cuts as they had previously demanded while in opposition.
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday (May 25, 2026) accused the Union government of looting people by hiking petrol and diesel prices.“Even as crude prices fall globally, fuel prices are being pushed up. This is daylight robbery. The BJP’s usual trick of holding prices during elections and hiking them after the elections is once again being repeated,” he said in a statement.Mr. Vijayan asked whether the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) would be ready to make tax cuts. “The UDF, which staged protests demanding tax cuts while in the Opposition, is now in power in Kerala. People are waiting to see whether they will practise what they preached—cut taxes and raise their voice against the Centre,” he said.
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