New Delhi, February 10: The Union Cabinet is likely to discuss tomorrow a Petroleum Ministry proposal for freeing petrol prices from government control and a moderate increase in diesel, cooking gas and kerosene rates, ahead of which Oil Minister Murli Deora held consultations with key allies DMK and Trinamool Congress on the subject.
Deora met A Raja, Telecom Minister and senior leader of UPA’s key ally, DMK, this morning and spoke over phone to Trinamool Congress leader and Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee explaining the “precarious” situation that PSU oil firms would find themselves in, if fuel prices were not hiked.
Sources said that both Raja as well as Banerjee were non -committal on the stand that their parties may take if the proposal of freeing petrol prices – that would lead to a price increase of Rs 4.72 a litre – comes before Cabinet tomorrow.
–PTI