Which brings me to the other motivation to do this: in that diary is a record of petrol prices stretching back over 16 years. Like: where are Smriti Irani, Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar, so vocal about petrol price rises under the Congress, but silent now? From that month, crude prices fell steadily for almost two years: February 2016, $27 and ₹65. Again a near tripling in crude price; petrol rose by 35%. From where I’m sitting, this: historically, crude prices swing back and forth dramatically.

Source: Mint February 25, 2021 18:11 UTC