Pranab briefs party MPs on fuel price hike

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Delhi: Ahead of the stormy
session in both houses of parliament, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee
Wednesday briefed Congress MPs on the reasons behind the fuel price hike.

He explained that a roll back on the hike,
as being demanded by various political parties, would put the government in
difficulty, party insiders said. The minister also said the government would
discuss the matter with its allies.

An MP who attended the meeting said no MP
asked for the hike to be rolled back. The decision, he added, would come up for
discussion in the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting Thursday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address the
CPP.

IANS