Chennai, April 7 -- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday criticised the recent LPG price hike by the Central government, asking whether the stoves in people's homes should be burning or their stomachs with hunger.

In a post on X, Stalin accused the BJP-led Central government of hiking excise duty on petrol and diesel prices despite a drop in global crude oil rates, stating that citizens are not asking for a price cut but merely begging for no further increases.

"Should the stoves in people's homes be burning--or should their stomachs be burning with hunger? If you can't help, at least don't hurt" suits the sadistic BJP government perfectly," the Tamil Nadu CM said on X.

"At a time when global crude oil prices have dropped, the...