To:
Government of India,

Petrol price up Rs 5, diesel next in line.

A day after UPA and its ally Trinamool Congress registered electoral victory, the Union government allowed its oil marketing companies (OMCs) a steep hike of Rs 5 a litre in petrol prices. This is the steepest-ever hike since December 2008 and a second one in the calendar year.

We, the concerned citizens of the country, are apalled at the insensitivity shown by the government to the sufferings of aam admi, whose upliftment is supposed to be the guiding force of this government. At a time when the people of the country, particularly the poor and middle classes, are reeling under the impact of unprecedented rise in the prices of food and essential commodities, the UPA-II government has decided to deliver another cruel blow to the people.

Already there are reports on the cascading effect of this latest price hike. The food inflation rate which is presently hovering around 17 per cent and general inflation rate which is in double digits, are set to go up significantly with this hike. See link for the impact of previous hike: http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3676454

Similarly this hike will surely push food prices further up see link: http://www.deccanchronicle.com/hyderabad/hike-fuel-price-make-food-costlier-964

The hollowness of the government's arguments justifying the hike can easily be seen from the fact that there has not been any substantial increase in the prices of international oil in the last three months. The real intention of the government appears to be to help the big private corporations to make much larger profits from the retail petrol trade. And to facilitate this, it is embarking on deregulating the prices of all petroleum products, including diesel, which will adversely effect the livelihood of the poor and middle classes. The decontrol will open the way for continuous increase in prices of petroleum products.

In the light of above, we the undersigned request the central government to become little more sensitive to the problems and sufferings of aam admi and urgently rescind the decision of petro hike.
Sincerely,

The Undersigned

All Indian's are requested to sign this petition and help in our effort to pressurize the govt to get the price Hike Revised.