While polls will keep the ruling party busy, it will ensure prices of fuel items remain under control – Supriya Sule, NCP MP

“Elections every month are the best way to check rising prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas,” NCP Lok Sabha MP Supriya Sule said in Lok Sabha in a swipe at the Centre over the hike in fuel cost after the recent assembly polls.

Raising the issue of hardships being faced by women due to the increase in the price of cooking gas, she said during the Zero Hour that the BJP won the assembly polls in four out of five states where people stood in queues to vote for it. But soon after the polls concluded, the prices went up, she said.

“Only elections can keep prices of fuel under control,” Sule said and sarcastically requested the central government to hold polls every month. “While polls will keep the ruling party busy, it will ensure prices of fuel items remain under control,” the Baramati MP said.

Hitting out at the government, she said it patted its own back when Ujjwala Yojna was launched to provide free gas cylinders to women. But now, the same women are facing problems due to sky-rocketing prices of cooking gas, the NCP leader said.