Overview
- Mallikarjun Kharge posted on X on Saturday, June 27, accusing the Narendra Modi government of refusing to pass on lower global crude prices to Indian consumers.
- Kharge noted international crude fell from about $138 a barrel at the West Asia war peak to about $70.71 now and contrasted those moves with higher retail rates.
- He cited specific retail comparisons saying petrol now sells at ₹102.12 a litre and diesel at ₹95.20 a litre versus earlier ₹94.77 and ₹87.67 respectively when crude was $138 a barrel.
- Kharge said commercial LPG, small 5‑kg domestic cylinders used by migrants and CNG were hiked during the conflict and have not been rolled back despite normalised supplies.
- The Congress framed the issue as a tax and revenue problem that burdens ordinary households and has called repeatedly for rollbacks while no formal government response is recorded in these reports.