Didn’t see such painful scene in 73 years: Randeep Surjewala slams BJP over farmer’s death

New Delhi: Stepping up offensive over farmers protest, Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday alleged that a dead body of farmer was eaten away by the rats. Pitying the state of affairs, he lashed out at the BJP governments for turning a blind eye to miserable situation at protest site.

“Never seen such a painful scene in 73 years! The dead bodies of farmer was eaten away by the rats while BJP governments remained mute spectators. Why didn’t BJP leaders die due to shame.”

73 साल में ऐसा दर्दनाक मंजर शायद कभी ना देखा हो !

शहीद किसान के शव को चूहे कुतर जाएँ और भाजपा सरकारें तमाशबीन बनी रहें।

शर्म से डूब क्यों नही मार गए भाजपाई !#FarmersProtests pic.twitter.com/7jE9yaNYfz

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) February 19, 2021

Earlier on Thursday, Randeep Singh Surjewala attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government over rising prices of petrol and diesel, accusing it of ‘fuel loot’.

Surjewala took to Twitter to explain the taxation process on fuels and alleged that the government earned ₹20 lakh crore in six years by increasing prices. He also bifurcated the base price, excise duty, value added tax (VAT), profit of oil companies and the price paid by the common man.

In the tweet posted in Hindi, the Congress general secretary said the base price of diesel is ₹33.46 per litre and that of petrol is ₹31.82 per litre. However, for the common man petrol costs ₹89.29 per litre and diesel costs ₹79.35 per litre, said Surjewala. He attributed the wide ranging gap between the base price and market price to the significant amount of tax imposed by the government on fuel. Tax on diesel amounts to ₹46.24 per litre, while on petrol it is ₹57.29 per litre, he claimed in the tweet.

पेट्रोल 100 के पार ,
कुछ तो शर्म करो मोदी सरकार !

पड़ोसी देशों में पेट्रोल की क़ीमत-
बांग्लादेश ₹76
नेपाल ₹68
श्रीलंका ₹60
पाकिस्तान ₹51
भूटान ₹49

Actual price of Petrol is ₹37.
Remaining ₹63 is the price you pay for ‘Fake Nationalism’ of our ruler !#FuelPriceHike pic.twitter.com/XHCzzCZFho

— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) February 18, 2021