Hyderabad, May 12 -- All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Chief Asaduddin Owaisi has termed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Hyderabad on May 10 as an invoice to the people on the prices of petrol, diesel and aviation fuel going to be hiked, as the assembly elections in four states and a union territory have ended.

Addressing the media in Hyderabad on Tuesday, May 12, he said the plight of the Indian Rupee under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government is at its lowest, and the economy was certainly not the 'Vishwaguru' as being projected.

"The prime minister's call to the people to stop purchasing gold, travelling abroad, and reduce the consumption of edible oils and fuel is part of the Centre's plan to...