Kolkata, March 27 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday took a dig at the Centre, comparing their decision to reduce excise duty on petrol and diesel to "bargaining" in a Saree shop for prices.

"This is like going shopping in a saree store. If you ask the price of a saree, he will perhaps tell you Rs 1000. But after bargaining, he agrees to Rs 400. Similarly, they have increased the price of gas. Even if they slash the excise duty now, where will the price actually stop?" Mamata Banerjee said.

Expressing her concern over the public inconvenience due to the LPG crisis, she demanded that gas cylinders from Haldia must not be sent out of West Bengal.

"What I am more concerned about is that the public should not face inco...