Why petrol hike: Pranab hasn’t paid subsidy bill of Rs 64,900 c

The threat of another petrol price hike barely a month after September’s whopper has government spokespersons ducking for cover. But Manish Tewari, Congress spokesman, made a brave attempt nevertheless. Faced with a volley of questions on how the government can countenance another petrol price hike this month (Rs 1.50-2 a litre is the number being spoken about) after winking at a Rs 3.30 hike in September, Tewari took the high road: “This question should be asked from the petroleum ministry or the concerned oil companies. After the dismantling of the administered price mechanism (APM), this issue comes under the jurisdiction of oil companies. Oil companies can better answer why and for what reason the fuel price hike took place.”

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