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Looking for cover: BJP workers being dispersed with water cannon during the rally in New Delhi on Friday against the latest fuel price hike. NEW DELHI: The Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party staged a demonstration at Jantar Mantar here on Friday to demand immediate withdrawal of the increase in the prices of petrol and diesel announced by the Centre on Thursday. Led by Delhi BJP president Harsh Vardhan, a large number of demonstrators courted arrest when the police did not allow them to proceed to Parliament which they wanted to “gherao”. The police used water cannons to disperse the protesters when they tried to march ahead after breaking the barricades. ‘Unjustified’Addressing the protesters, Dr. Vardhan said the latest increase in the prices of fuel was unjustified as the price of crude had started declining in the international market. He said the hike would only lead to higher inflation and further increases in prices of essential commodities due to rise in transportation costs. Dr. Vardhan also demanded that Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit provide relief to the Capital’s citizens by reducing the sales tax rates in Delhi. The BJP leader charged that the Left parties were only shedding crocodile tears over the issue of oil price hike. He claimed that the prices had actually been raised with their consent. Senior party leader and South Delhi MP Vijay Kumar Malhotra said people had lost faith in the Congress and Left parties and exhorted them to teach the Congress Governments a lesson. Stating that the Government could have neutralised the increase in the price of oil by reducing tax, he pointed out that India is the only country in the world where more than 50 per cent tax is imposed on the most essential fuels, namely diesel, petrol, kerosene and cooking gas.
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