Lucknow, May 25 -- With a fresh round of fuel price hikes across the country, Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "betraying the nation".

Rai also expressed concern over the economic situation of the country marked by falling rupee and inflation.

"Our leader, the Rahul ji (Gandhi), has said that an economic storm is coming; well, that economic storm has arrived. You can see that earnings are not increasing; new avenues for income are not opening up for people. Jobs are not available, and businesses are not running. The government is piling tax upon tax, tax upon tax. The prices of diesel, petrol, gas, and CNG are rising, and the value of the dollar keeps increasing," he told ani. ...