New Delhi, May 1 -- P Sandosh Kumar, the CPI's Leader in the Rajya Sabha, squarely blamed the sharp increase in commercial LPG cylinder prices on what he described as the Modi government's "hug-lomatic" foreign policy, a pointed reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's high-profile personal diplomacy with global leaders.
He charged that the Centre with failing to secure stable energy supplies and insulating India from volatile global fuel markets.
The government has raised the price of commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 993, in what critics are calling one of the steepest single-day hikes in recent memory.
The increase, which came into effect just one day after the conclusion of voting in the ongoing election cycle, has triggered sharp ba...