Anger brewed among the common people in Tripura as the price of petrol per litre crossed Rs 100 while the price of diesel reached Rs 93 per litre on Monday.

A customer said, โ€œWe are facing a terrible situation which is now unbearable. It is necessary to change the policy of constantly increasing prices of petroleum products.โ€

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As the price of petrol crossed Rs 100 on Monday, it created a lot of anger among the drivers.

One customer said, โ€œThis is the first time in my life that the price of petrol has gone beyond Rs 100.โ€

Another customer said the situation is โ€œunbearableโ€.

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โ€œThe government is allowing the oil companies to make more profit by constantly raising prices. It is very important to change that policy. It shouldnโ€™t be like that,โ€ he said.

Meanwhile, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communists), a left party, staged protest in Agartala on Monday against the hike in petrol and diesel prices.

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Tripura SUCI office secretary Sanjay Choudhury said, โ€œMost of the people in the country are facing various problems due to lack of livelihood in the Corona emergency situation.โ€

โ€œInstead of protecting the people by lowering prices in this miserable situation, the central and state governments are silently giving oil companies a chance to make more profit and raising central and state government funds for taxes,โ€ Choudhury said.

According to him, the government is raising the price of crude oil in the international market in the wake of rising prices of petroleum products.

โ€œThe government is earning several lakh crores of rupees a year by keeping petroleum products out of GST and levying higher taxes,โ€ he added.

Northeast Now tried to contact an IOCL official in Tripura, but no response was received.

(Report filed by Abhijit Nath)