Jayalalithaa demands rollback of fuel price hike
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has demanded a rollback of the latest hike in fuel prices, saying it will increase the cost of essential commodities. The bi-monthly determination of fuel prices based on the Rupee-US Dollar exchange rate is "not the right policy", she added. Notably, the price of petrol was hiked by ₹2.57/litre and that of diesel by ₹2.35/litre.