New Delhi, April 7 -- Amid the turmoil in stock markets over the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday attacked the Modi government, stating that the benefit of reduced international crude prices has not been passed on to consumers and excise duty has now been hiked on petrol and diesel.

In a post on X, Kharge noted that the hike in excise duty on petrol and diesel came on a day small and big Indian investors lost Rs 19 lakh crore in the stock market. He accused the government of "sleeping like Kumbkarn" on the issue of US tariffs.

"Wah Modi ji wah!! Compared to May 2014, the international crude oil price has dropped by 41 per cent, but instead of reducing petrol-diesel prices, your lo...