Bengaluru, May 25 -- Karnataka Congress in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the latest fuel price hike, alleging "massive loot" of the common man and accusing the government of repeatedly increasing petrol and diesel prices despite a fall in global crude oil rates.

Surjewala began his address by playing an old video clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in which he is seen criticising rising fuel prices during the previous UPA government and promising relief from inflation.

Reacting to the fresh fuel price revision, Surjewala said the burden on citizens had increased significantly in a short span of time.

"Today, as we got up in the morning, we were increased by R...