Didi: Why hike fuel prices?

Says people want to know answers before they cast their vote in polls

Oil prices struggle to hold five-month high amid growing demand fears

Investors remained wary of rising refined product inventories at a time when US bankers said rise in cases was slowing the economic recovery

Petrol sales by state companies fell by 1% to 2.03 million tonnes in July from June, and by about 11.5% from a year earlier

Petrol prices on Sunday remained unchanged. Prices of petrol have remained static at Rs 80.43 per litre for almost four weeks

Aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price was hiked by Rs 2,922.94 per kilolitre (kl), or 7.48 per cent, to Rs 41,992.81 per kl in Delhi

Petrol price was increased by 5 paise per litre and diesel 13 paise a litre across the country

Before the country entered the lockdown, average price of petrol and diesel in Delhi was Rs 69.60/ litre and Rs 62.30/ litre respectively

Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 80.13 per litre from Rs 79.92 while diesel rates were increased to Rs 80.19 a litre from Rs 80.02

In 19 straight days, diesel price has gone up by Rs 10.63 per litre. Petrol price hiked on 18 occasions and now totals to Rs 8.66 a litre

In the 18-day period, petrol price increased by a cumulative Rs 9.41 per litre in the national capital, and diesel by Rs 9.58 per litre