Cong asks CM to reduce fuel tax

Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has blamed TRS government for Telangana having the highest petrol prices among 23 other States in the country.

At a press conference here on Thursday, chief spokesperson Sravan Dasoju alleged that the State government was taking advantage of Prime Minister Narender Modi’s pro-oil firms policy by covertly imposing heavy taxes on petrol and diesel which today stands at 35.2% on petrol and 27% on diesel.

He said that Telangana was collecting higher taxes on petrol and diesel compared to States like Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

Giving details, Mr. Sravan informed that the tax on petrol in Goa was 16.61% and for Diesel it is 18.82%. Similarly, it is 18.89% on petrol and 12.97% on Diesel in Tripura. In the national capital, Delhi, it is 27% on Petrol and 17.28% on Diesel. However, in Telangana, the tax rate is 35.02% on Petrol and 27% on Diesel. He said these rates could not be justified in any manner. He said diesel prices in diesel prices are falling in several States, but not in Telangana due to wrong policies of TRS Government.

He said that the Telangana Government has increased the burden to tune of ₹ 3,025 crore on common by increasing taxes on petrol and diesel. As compared to collection of ₹ 4,527 crore in 2014, the collection towards petrol taxes by Telangana Government in 2016 was ₹ 7,552 crore.

Sravan demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao reduce the taxes so as to reduce the burden on common man