India, May 19 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday criticised the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising the fuel prices for the second time in four days on Tuesday. Kharge also accused the Centre of burdening ordinary citizens.

"Just four days after the price hike, the Modi government has once again increased the prices of petrol and diesel," Kharge said in a post on X, adding that having "set the full stage, preaching about savings," the government was "shifting the burden of their failures onto the public."

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Bharat Petroleum (BP), and Hindustan Petroleum (HP) raised petrol and diesel prices by 90 paise per litre on Tuesday, taking rates in Delhi to Rs...