Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral’s remarks that instead of complaining about fuel price rise, people should switch over to electric vehicles brings to mind the saying “if they don’t have bread, let them eat cakes.” With the swearing-in of the new government, ADR informed us that the average worth of MLAs is around Rs 20 crore, so it should not surprise the ruling elite is removed from the ground reality and the travails afflicting the common man.
Does Cabral have even an inkling of how the fuel prices drive up the cost of living for people, who are already struggling to make ends meet? It is indeed shameful how in the run-up to the elections, the government reduced the fuel prices and now we are being given daily doses of hikes in fuel prices.
While LPG prices in India are the highest in the world and our petrol prices the third highest in the world, our salaries are one of the lowest in the world. These crorepati politicians, who live life at the cost of taxpayers, should first demonstrate their “righteous attitudes” before preaching to the people.
