Congress terms price reduction as a ploy to help oil firms and cautions of a hike after polls

The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Friday (March 27) termed the reduction in excise duty on petroleum fuel by the Centre as a mere “balance sheet management and convenient accounting” to help oil companies to profiteer by transferring their burden to the government and finally onto the people of India.‘Election gimmick’In a joint statement issued in Bengaluru on March 27, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep...