Maharashtra Government to reduce VAT on fuel soon: CM Eknath Shinde

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde informed the State Assembly on Monday that the state government will reduce VAT on fuel soon,

A decision to reduce VAT on fuel will be taken in the state cabinet, he informed the House while replying to a debate after his victory in the floor test. The price of a litre of petrol in Maharashtra stands at Rs 111.89.

After emerging in the trust vote, CM Shinde also said that he had been suppressed for a long time. He termed his rebellion as a fallout of the unfair treatment he was meted out, in an apparent reference to his earlier association with Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena.

The happenings of today didn't happen in just one day," the new CM said in his victory speech after his newly-formed government won the trust vote in the Assembly.

The Maha Vikas Aghadi government led by former CM Uddhav Thackeray collapsed on June 29. Eknath Shinde took the oath as CM the next day with BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as his deputy.

“When I came for election here, there are people in this House who witnessed how I was treated. I have been suppressed for a long time. Sunil Prabhu (Shiv Sena MLA from the Uddhav Thackeray faction) is also a witness," he said without elaborating.

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(With inputs from PTI)