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Mamata opposes fresh hike in fuel prices

Source: PTI
June 24, 2011 21:20 IST
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday opposed the fresh hike in fuel prices, saying it will put the common man in great difficulty.

"We do not support the repeated rise in fuel prices. This will put the common man in great difficulty. We have conveyed our view where it needs to be conveyed," Banerjee, whose Trinamool Congress is a key United Progressive Alliance ally, said.

Pointing out that fuel prices were already high, she said, "Kerosene and domestic gas are used by common people. The price of petrol was also recently hiked."

The government should think "many times over" before hiking fuel prices, Banerjee said.

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