Communist Party of India (Marxist) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday (May 25, 2026) accused the Union government of looting people by hiking petrol and diesel prices.“Even as crude prices fall globally, fuel prices are being pushed up. This is daylight robbery. The BJP’s usual trick of holding prices during elections and hiking them after the elections is once again being repeated,” he said in a statement.Mr. Vijayan asked whether the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) would be ready to make tax cuts. “The UDF, which staged protests demanding tax cuts while in the Opposition, is now in power in Kerala. People are waiting to see whether they will practise what they preached—cut taxes and raise their voice against the Centre,” he said. Published - May 25, 2026 09:24 pm IST