Lucknow, Apr 2 (PTI) If petrol price keeps rising by 80 paise a day, it would be costing Rs 275 a litre by November or December assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday.

Also Read | Ramadan 2022 Chaand Raat in India, Pakistan, UK and Other Countries Live News Updates: Moon Sighting Expected Today, Holy Month of Ramzan Likely To Begin From April 3.

Yadav made the remark, terming his calculation of probable future prices of petrol as “the mathematics of inflation under the BJP rule”.

Yadav made his remarks in a tweet in Hindi without actually naming the states of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh where the assembly elections are likely to be held in November or December this year.

Also Read | India and Nepal Unveil Joint Vision into Bilateral Cooperation in Power Sector.

"People are saying if the petrol price keeps rising by 80 paise a day or Rs 24 a month at its present rate, it would rise by Rs 175 in the next seven months by November or December when next elections are likely,” Yadav said in his tweet.

“It implies that the petrol selling at Rs 100 a litre now would be costing Rs 275 a litre then,” he said.

“This is the mathematics of inflation under the BJP rule,” he added.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)