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Vehicle owners can pay more for fuel: Alphons
Bureaucrat-turned-Union minister KJ Alphons on Saturday stoked a controversy when he said people who own bikes and cars are not starving and can afford to pay higher prices for fuel.
Thiruvananthapuram: Bureaucrat-turned-Union minister KJ Alphons on Saturday stoked a controversy when he said people who own bikes and cars are not starving and can afford to pay higher prices for fuel.
His comments coming at a time when fuel prices are at a three-year high when international crude prices have crashed attracted strong criticism from Opposition parties which described them as insensitive to the common man's problems.
"So, we are going to tax people who can afford to pay. Somebody who has a car, bike; Certainly, he is not starving. Somebody who can afford to pay, has to pay," he said.
As his remarks came under attack, Alphons who had a recently stirred the hornet's nest by making contradictory remarks on beef, sought to justify his statement on the petroleum prices.
"Prime Minister has a huge dream for the poor of India. What is that dream? It is very simple. 30 per cent of Indians go to bed without a full meal a day. Lot of our people do not have access to toilet. Lot of people do not have a house," he said.
Congress leader and former petroleum minister Veerappa Moily attacked Alphons saying it was an atrocious statement.
