Akhilesh Yadav discovers ‘mathematics of inflation’ in BJP rule

    Lucknow, Apr 2 (PTI) If petrol price keeps rising by 80 paise a day, it would be costing Rs 275 a litre by November or December assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday.<br>       Yadav made the remark, terming his calculation of probable future prices of petrol as “the mathematics of inflation under the BJP rule”.<br>       Yadav made his remarks in a tweet in Hindi without actually naming the states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where the assembly elections are likely to be held in November or December this year.<br>       "People are saying if the petrol price keeps rising by 80 paise a day or Rs 24 a month at its present rate, it would rise by Rs 175 in the next seven months by November or December when next elections are likely,” Yadav said in his tweet.<br>       “It implies that the petrol selling at Rs 100 a litre now would be costing Rs 275 a litre then,” he said.<br>       “This is the mathematics of inflation under the BJP rule,” he added. PTI NAV  RAX<br>RAX

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