NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP has been trolled relentlessly by the Congress, and a few others, after tweeting a graphic “explaining” how, despite the fuel price hike, its government did better than the previous Manmohan Singh regime
The ruling BJP has been trolled relentlessly by the Congress, and a few others, after tweeting a graphic “explaining” how, despite the fuel price hike, its government did better than the previous Manmohan Singh regime.

The BJP’s infographic sought to explain that in percentage, the hike in fuel prices on its watch is far less than that when the Congress-led UPA government was in power. The party ended up receiving advice to get lessons in math and graphic design.

Amit Malviya, the chief of the BJP’s IT cell, said the graphic was not being interpreted correctly and was aimed only at showing that the 13 per cent increase since 2014 was lower than in previous years. But in demonstrating that the rate of increase has dropped, the BJP’s bar at Rs. 80.73 is shorter than the Congress’s at Rs. 71.41. The post was soon troll-bait on social media.