New Delhi, May 25 -- Opposition parties on Monday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government after state-run oil marketing companies announced the fourth hike in petrol and diesel prices in ten days, pushing petrol in Delhi to Rs.102.12 per litre and diesel to Rs.95.20 per litre.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the government of "looting the public's earnings in installments" and leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "Inflation Man."

"The BJP's appetite isn't satisfied even after slapping a central tax of Rs.1,000 crore daily on petrol-diesel. When international prices were low, they didn't pass on the benefits to the people, instead, they looted t...