CONGRESS CONDEMNS CABRAL’S STATEMENT ON PETROL HIKE

Reacting to PWD Minister, Nilesh Cabral’s comment, GPCC, President, Amit Parkar issued a statement that the Congress party condemns the statement of BJP minister Nilesh Cabral stating “Why are you after the Petrol hike ? Why blame the Government? Let it go to Rs 200, what’s the problem ?’
‘This is adding salts to the wounds whose household budgets are thrown out of gear by such rise in prices of petrol and cooking gas. It looks that the BJP government has abdicated its primary duty of controlling prices. Petrol price rise has a spiraling effect on prices of other essential items,” he said. The Congress party deplores this insensitive and irresponsible statement of the BJP minister. “It reminds us of a French monarch telling the people”If you cannot afford bread, eat cake”. This is what the BJP Minister is telling the Goans. This attitude comes from the arrogance of power. The BJP should understand that they got the seats but the majority of people stood against the BJP,” he said.