Tags: Truckers' strike , Rajasthan

Jaipur, Jan 8: Striking Rajasthan transporters today asked state authorities to reduce VAT on diesel and bring the fuel price on par with what was prevailing in Delhi, Punjab and Haryana.

"We have sought a meeting with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot this evening to put forward our demands," Ved Bhushan Sethi, President of Rajasthan Truck Transport Operator Union, said here.

Sethi said that there was a difference of Rs 4-5 in the VAT on diesel when compared to neighbouring states of Haryana, Punjab and Delhi.

Rajasthan has been charging 28 per cent VAT on diesel used in trucks for the last five years as against the national average of 4 per cent, he said.

The Union has also apprised state Transport Commissioner J C Mohanti on the ten-point charter of demands, which includes slashing of diesel prices by ten rupees and parity in VAT on diesel, he said.

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