Around 3,100 petrol bunks of IOC, BPCL and HPCL across Tamil Nadu will not function on April 23 in protest against the delay in revising the commission of petroleum dealers as per the recommendations of a committee set up by the Ministry of Petroleum.
Rajasthan Petroleum Dealers’ Association (RPDA) on Wednesday held a meeting and decided to keep petrol pumps closed for 24 hours on April 23.
In fact, petrol pumps are likely to remain closed throughout the country on the day as the Federation of All India Petroleum Traders (FAIPT) has decided to go on one-day strike.
RPDA president Suneet Bagai said, “We are demanding implementation of Apurva Chandra Committee’s recommendation. This committee was constituted by the government to decide on the commission of the dealers on sale of fuel. However, he government did not approve the recommendations of the committee which was constituted by them. So we are demanding that the recommendations of the committee will be implemented.”
Moreover, they also demanded that the marketing discipline guidelines (MDG) should be withdrawn. The federation is also demanding ban on new petrol pumps.
–Agencies