During the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi promised to bring down prices.
But instead of fulfilling his promise, one of his first major policy decisions as Prime Minister has been to hike rail fares. His government has increased passenger fares by 14.2%, the highest ever in our history, and freight charges by 6.5%.
This move would fuel inflation and is against every promise he made in the election campaign. Higher freight charges will drive up the price of coal which will, in turn, make electricity more expensive.
The already high prices of fruits and vegetables will rise even further.
The fare hike could not have come at a more inappropriate time. Food prices are already on the rise. Global crude oil prices are increasing because of the conflict in Iraq, which will further push up inflation in India.
Shri Modi politicised the issue of inflation and spared no opportunity in attacking evow en the most nominal fare hikes by the UPA government.
----Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 10:46 AM
In March 2012, he opposed the rail fare hike calling it “highly unjustified, since prices of a number of commodities are already ruling at a much higher level than people’s tolerance limits.”
He even alleged that the hike was the result of a “communication gap” between the ministries of Railways, Energy, Coal and Environment.
Does the same criticism apply to his government as well?
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We request the Prime Minister to reconsider this decision and roll-back the rail-fare hike and take immediate steps to bring down prices.
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