Delhi Congress demands that the Arvind Government reduces VAT of Rs 10 on a litre of petrol and Rs 5 on a litre of diesel to provide tax relief to people—Ch. Anil Kumar

  

 

·       Arvind Government, which has failed to check price rise, should learn from the Punjab Model of Development and cut oil prices—Ch. Anil Kumar.

 

NEW DELHI, November 9, 2021---Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Ch. Anil Kumar, along with a large number of Congress workers, held a dharna outside the Delhi Secretariat, ITO, demanding reduction in VAT on petrol and diesel by the Aam Aadmi Party Government in Delhi. Ch. Anil Kumar said that  despite many State Governments, including Punjab, reducing  VAT on petroleum products following a nominal reduction on Excise Duty by the Centre, the Delhi Government has not followed suit, though Chief Minister Arvind had toured Assembly poll-bound Punjab and promised to ‘replicate’ the “Delhi model of development” there. He said that if CM Arvind was ready to implement the Delhi model of development, why is acting shy of implementing the Punjab model of Development, as the Congress Government in Punjab has reduced Rs 10 on a litre of petrol and Rs 5 on a litre of diesel, to bring down the oil prices?

 

The Congress workers shouted slogans such as “Petrol Diesel par VAT kam karo-kam karo”, “Jhoot-Loot ki Sarkar Nahi Chalegi- Nahi Chalegi” etc.

 

Besides Ch. Anil Kumr, prominent Congress leaders who participated in the dharna were Former MP Shri Ramesh Kumar, former MLA Jai Kishan, Hari Shankar Gupta, Bhishma Sharma, Amrish Gautam, Vijay Lochav, Rajesh Jain, Kunwar Karan Singh, DPCC Vice President Abhishek Dutt and Shivani Chopra, along with DPMC President President Amrita Dhawan, Vice Chairman of Communication Department Parvez Alam, Municipal Councilor Amarlata Sangwan, District Presidents Mohd. Usman, Hari Kishan Jindal, Rajesh Chauhan, Dinesh Kumar, Kailash Jain, Virendra Kasana, former municipal councilors Anil Vashisht, Ishwar Bagri, Savita Sharma, Dheeraj Basoya, Javed Mirza, Dr. Naresh Kumar, Kisan Cell Chairman Rajbir Solanki, Jagjivan Sharma, Naresh Sharma Neetu were also present.

 

Ch. Anil Kumar said that in the past seven years, the Delhi Government had collected over Rs 25,000 crore on VAT from petroleum products, but has spent hardly any money on Delhiites. He said that CM Arvind often claims that ‘he is the son of Delhi’, and this is an apt opportunity for him to prove his ‘Delhi’ credentials, and provide relief to the people by reducing the oil prices, which will automatically bring down the prices of all the essential commodities.

 

Addressing the Congress workers sitting on dharna at the Delhi Secretariat, Ch. Anil Kumar demanded that the Arvind Government cut the petrol and diesel prices by Rs 10 and Rs 5, respectively, forthwith as all the promises made by Chief Minister Arvind to the people of Delhi had turned out to be hollow.  He said that whenever CM Arvind tours the Assembly poll-bound States, he makes lofty promises like free power, jobs for the youth, unemployment allowance etc, but he should also adopt the good features of other States, and follow the model of Punjab by reducing VAT on petrol and diesel.

 

Ch. Anil Kumar said that Delhiites have been finding it tough to overcome financial difficulty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic destruction, unemployment and soaring prices of essential commodities as CM Arvind’s ‘Delhi model of development’ was a flop show.

 

Ch. Anil Kumar said that the autocratic Arvind Government, which takes unilateral decisions for making political gains, and not for the welfare of Delhiites, has only taken anti-people steps in the past seven years, to make the life of the people miserable. He said that CM Arvind had totally mismanaged the Covid crisis and stalled the economic development of the city. He said that Arvind has been touring Assembly poll-bound States and making impractical promises, but when it comes to Delhi where the Aam Aadmi Party is in power, none of his promises seem to work, as unemployment and pollution, both air and water in the Yamuna, have reached unmanageable levels.

 

YOGRAJ SHRAMA