AAP, Congress and SAD on Friday (May 15, 2026) attacked the Centre over the petrol and diesel price hike, saying it will deliver a crippling blow to the common man and adversely impact farmers.
Punjab Finance Minister and senior AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema said the move showed the ruling BJP’s “anti-farmer and anti-people face”.
“The central government increases petrol and diesel prices by Rs 3 per litre and then gives a marginal MSP increase of just ₹72 per quintal on paddy. This is a direct assault on farmers’ incomes. By giving a token MSP hike and raising diesel prices the very next day, the BJP government has effectively robbed farmers of their rightful compensation,” he said in a post on X.
“BJP’s anti-farmer and anti-people face is now visible to everyone,” Mr. Cheema added.
Slamming the Centre, Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring said, “The Modi government first lectures citizens to ‘use less cars’, then runs PR campaigns showing smaller PM convoys, and now quietly hikes petrol and diesel prices by ₹3 per litre”.
“So this was the real script behind the drama?” Warring said in a post on X.
“Farmers will pay more. Truck operators will pay more. Middle-class families will pay more. Every essential item will become expensive again. The truth is simple — BJP doesn’t reduce inflation, it manages headlines. ‘Abki Baar, Petrol ₹100 Paar’,” Mr. Warring said in the post. — PTI
