Actor-turned politician and Shiv Sena leader Urmila Matondkar has come up with a witty attack on the Narendra Modi government as price of petrol zoomed past Rs 100 per litre in some parts of the country.
On Thursday, price of petrol crossed Rs 100 per litre in Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh as fuel rates were increased for the tenth consecutive day.
Reacting to this, Urmila Matondkar tweeted a slightly altered version of an old colloquial song 'Akkad bakkad bambey bo', popular mostly among kids.
Here is what she wrote:
— Urmila Matondkar (@UrmilaMatondkar) February 18, 2021
On Thursday, petrol price was hiked by 34 paise per litre and diesel by 32 paise.
After the new price hike, branded or additive-laced petrol, which attracts higher taxes, had crossed the Rs 100-mark in parts of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Regular petrol too crossed the Rs 100-mark in Sriganganagar town of Rajasthan on Wednesday, and on Thursday it went past that mark in Madhya Pradesh.
In Madhya Pradesh, petrol is priced at Rs 100.25 per litre and diesel at Rs 90.35 in Anuppur.
Meanwhile, in the national capita, one litre petrol costs Rs 89.88 and for the diesel, the price was Rs 80.27 on Thursday.
In Mumbai, petrol price rose to Rs 96.32 a litre and diesel was priced at Rs 87.32.
(With PTI inputs)