New Delhi, June 7 -- Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Raman Singh on Sunday said the recent increase in domestic LPG cylinder prices was a global phenomenon and linked it to the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

Reacting to the Rs 29 hike in the price of a 14.2-kg domestic LPG cylinder, Singh said the rise in fuel and cooking gas rates was not limited to India. He expressed hope that prices would stabilise once geopolitical tensions ease.

"This problem exists all over the world, and there is also the impact of the war. I think that as soon as the war ends, a check will be put on the increase in prices of diesel-petrol, gas," Singh told ANI in Rajnandgaon.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai accused the Centre of raising dome...