Cong top brass meets amid speculation over diesel price hike

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Press Trust of India: New Delhi, Jan 12 2013, 00:44 IST

Congress top brass including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party President Sonia Gandhi today held deliberations amid speculation of a possible hike in diesel and LPG prices.

The meeting witnessed the attendance of Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily, Waters Resources Minister Harish Rawat and Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal apart from the regular members of the Congress Core Group.

Sources said that the meeting discussed the report of Vijay Kelkar Committee, which was appointed by the Finance Ministry to suggest a roadmap for fiscal consolidation.

The panel had recommended an immediate hike in price of diesel by Rs 4 per litre, of kerosene by Rs 2 a litre and of LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder. Thereafter, it suggested raising rates on a monthly basis till revenue losses are wiped off.

The party, however, remained tighlipped on whether the diesel prices will be increased with Congress spokesperson Sandip Dikshit saying that the party will respond on the issue only when a decision is taken by the Government.

Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily said that the government will take a decision on raising diesel and cooking fuel prices along with increasing number of subsidised LPG cylinders for households "as quickly as possible".

The meeting of Congress Core Group also came in the backdrop of the brutal killing of Indian soldiers along Line of Control, which has led to widespread outrage in the country.

The meeting also discussed Cauveri Water dispute, where Rawat is learnt to have told the leadership about the contradictory stand being adopted by Karnataka in

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MR MOILE APPROACHES THE ASTROLOGER FOR TIMING OF FUEL PRICE HIKE

Nitin N Varia | 12-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

MR MOILEY APPROACHES THE ASTROLOGER FOR TIMING OF FUEL PRICE HIKE==INDIAS FATE A CHILD OF ITS OWN DESTINY=ASTROLoGER CAN%u2019T DO ANYTHING IN ALL WISDOM FROM PM FM = DR RANGRAJAN = DR MONTEK= DR KIRIT PARKH = DR SUBA RAO = DR KELLKAR =DR BIMAL JALLAN ALL HAVE CLEARELY ADVISED AND INSPIRED THE PM AND FM TO GO AHEAD WITH THEIR ADVISE WHICH IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION TO CAP THE FISCAL DEFICIT. ALL THESE WISDOM IS LIKE A BABE WHEN PANEL OFASTROLGERS IN THE CONGRESS PARTY CAN GIVE THE TIMING OF THIS RATIONAL. MR MOILY IS CREATING A MOUNTAIN FROM A MOLE IN GOING TO PANEL OF ASTROLGER BY NOT HEEDING TO THE ADVISE OF HIGHLY RESPECTED AND WITH HIGH INTEGRITY ECONOMIST BUT CONFINES HIS CONFIDENCE TO AN ASTROLGER WHO HAS GONE WRONG FROM THE TIME UPA 2 STARTED ITS TENURE AND HIS HEADING TO A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER UNLESS THE ASTROLGOER HIS ASKED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PREDICTION NOT JUST THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE. IT IS THE VIBRANCY. IN THOUGHT AND ACTION THAT IS WHAT LEADS THE COUNTR

MR.MOILEY APPROACHES THE ASTROLOGER FOR TIMING OF FUEL HIKE.

Nitin N Varia | 12-Jan-2013Reply | Forward

MR MOILEY APPROACHES THE ASTROL0GER FOR TIMING OF FUEL PRICE HIKE==INDIAS FATE A CHILD OF ITS OWN DESTINY=ASTROL0GER CAN%u2019T DO ANYTHING IN ALL WISDOM FROM PM FM = DR RANGRAJAN = DR MONTEK= DR KIRIT PARKH = DR SUBA RAO = DR KELLKAR =DR BIMAL JALLAN ALL HAVE CLEARELY ADVISED AND INSPIRED THE PM AND FM TO GO AHEAD WITH THEIR ADVISE WHICH IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE NATION TO CAP THE FISCAL DEFICIT. ALL THESE WISDOM IS LIKE A BABE WHEN PANEL OFASTROLGERS IN THE CONGRESS PARTY CAN GIVE THE TIMING OF THIS RATIONAL. MR MOILY IS CREATING A MOUNTAIN FROM A MOLE IN GOING TO PANEL OF ASTROLGER BY NOT HEEDING TO THE ADVISE OF HIGHLY RESPECTED AND WITH HIGH INTEGRITY ECONOMIST BUT CONFINES HIS CONFIDENCE TO AN ASTROLGER WHO HAS GONE WRONG FROM THE TIME UPA 2 STARTED ITS TENURE AND HIS HEADING TO A CATASTROPHIC DISASTER UNLESS THE ASTROLGOER HIS ASKED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PREDICTION NOT JUST THE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE. IT IS THE VIBRANCY. IN THOUGHT AND ACTION THAT IS WHAT LEADS THE COUNTR