NEW DELHI:
BJP leaders, including Union ministers, on Tuesday hailed the government’s decision to slash cooking gas price by Rs 200 per cylinder, with party president J P Nadda calling it Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gift to women ahead of Raksha Bandhan.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Modi.
Calling it a ”drastic” cut in the price of LPG cylinder, the BJP president said the Narendra Modi government’s decision will benefit 33 crore consumers.
”Heartfelt gratitude for the decision taken by the Cabinet under the chairmanship of respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi to drastically cut the price of cooking gas,” Nadda said in a post on ‘X’.
आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री @narendramodi जी की अध्यक्षता में आज कैबिनेट द्वारा रसोई गैस की क़ीमत में भारी कटौती का निर्णय लेने के लिए हृदय से आभार।
— Jagat Prakash Nadda (@JPNadda) August 29, 2023
अब उज्जवला लाभार्थियों को रसोई गैस ₹700 में और अन्य सभी उपभोक्ताओं को रसोई गैस अब ₹900 में मिलेगी।
रक्षाबंधन के पावन अवसर पर हमारी…
Now, Ujjwala beneficiaries will get LPG at Rs 700 and all other consumers at Rs 900, he said.
Nadda said, ”Modi ji’s gift to ‘nari shakti’ on the auspicious occasion of Raksha Bandhan.” This decision of the prime minister will benefit 33 crore consumers across the country, he added.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman thanked Prime Minister Modi for the Rs 200 cut in the price of cooking gas.
”Marking Onam today and Raksha Bandhan 2023, Cabinet takes a decision to slash the price by Rs 200 for all domestic cooking gas cylinders,” Sitharaman said in a post on ‘X’.
Marking #Onam today and #RakshaBandhan2023 Cabinet takes a decision to slash the price by ₹200/- for all domestic cooking gas #LPG cylinders.
— Nirmala Sitharaman (@nsitharaman) August 29, 2023
Thanks Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi for giving this ‘Sneha Upahar’ (स्नेह भेंट) to your sisters and mothers on this occasion.
”Thanks Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi for giving this ‘Sneha Upahar’ to your sisters and mothers on this occasion,” the finance minister added.
Prime Minister Modi has announced huge relief for the poor and middle class.
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) August 29, 2023
LPG gas cylinder prices slashed by 200 rupees for all LPG consumers (33 crore in all). So, a cylinder will now cost 900 rupees instead of 1,100 earlier.
PM Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) beneficiaries will get…
BJP IT department head Amit Malviya called the cut in LPG prices by Rs 200 per cylinder a ”huge relief for the poor and middle class”.
”Approx. 10 crore Ujjwala beneficiaries will get the cylinder for Rs 700,” he added.
