BENGALURU: Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said Congress and its allies have no moral right to question the BJP governments at the Centre/state on fuel price hike when Congress-ruled states have refused to cut rates of petrol and diesel.
Reacting to the Congress leaders’ claim that the prices were slashed following defeat in the Hangal bypoll, he said: “If the government would have reduced the prices before bypolls, they would have accused us of doing it to gain votes,” he added.
He said Congress should appreciate the steps taken by the state and the Centre to reduce the tax at one go, which none of their (Congress) chief ministers have done in the past.
