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The Centre's decision to increase fuel prices came under attack from both the allies and Opposition parties today. Expressing her "unhappiness", Trinamool Congress chief and Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee said her party would ask the government to reconsider its decision."I am unhappy. I did not go to the meeting to give my approval to the decision of hiking the prices of LPG, kerosene and diesel," said Banerjee. However, she said her party would not take any strong action, and ruled out withdrawal of support on the issue."The government has our crucial support and it will remain... Our party has 19 members and the government has 271 members. We are not a very big party but we can raise our voice," she said. "We can give our views but they (Congress) are the major party. So they have to take a decision. I am not going to quarrel regarding this because it won't look nice...But in a democracy, there is some system and in the system we will raise our voice," she added."I met Finance Minister (Pranab Mukherjee) yesterday to convey my view. Our party does not support the hike because kerosene, LPG and diesel are directly linked with the common people's kitchen. It also affects the farmers...I will request the government to re-consider the decision to hike the prices because it will result in increase in prices of other commodities," she said.Meanwhile, the BJP and the Left signalled that they would make the issue the focal point of their attack. Saying that it was an "anti-people and callous move", they demanded a rollback of the price hike.Referring to the high prices of food products, BJP spokesperson Prakash Javadekar said: "Instead of providing relief to the common man, the government is bent upon taking the petroleum prices to new heights which clearly is an anti-people policy." He said the BJP would soon launch a nationwide agitation against the decision.Javadekar dubbed as "bogus" the government's argument that the hike in fuel prices was necessitated by a rise in international oil prices. He was backed by the Left, which pointed out that international prices have not risen substantially since the prices were increased three months ago in the Union Budget.The government's failure to rationalise taxation structure on petroleum products is adding to the prices of petrol and diesel, the Left leaders alleged.
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