Centre artificially-kept high prices of petrol: Chidambaram

Congress leader P Chidambaram accused Centre of "profiteering" at the expense of the people by raising fuel taxes and stated that Centre "artificially-kept" high prices of petrol and diesel. Quoting a news article, the former Finance Minister said that when the price of petrol went down after touching high during the Russia-Ukraine war, Centre didn't pass the benefit to people.