In Kolkata, petrol prices stand at Rs 101.72 per litre and diesel prices at 91.84 per in the city. In Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai, petrol prices being sold at Rs 99.08 per litre and diesel prices at 93.38 per litre.

Last month, Tamil Nadu announced at Rs 3 per litre cut in petrol prices. Presenting his maiden budget to the Assembly after the state polls in April, Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan said the tax cut on petrol would mean a Rs 3 per litre reduction.

Later, the Puducherry government also said the territorial administration has cut value-added tax (VAT) on petrol by 3%. With the cut, the price of petrol were said to be reduced by Rs 2.43 per litre in Puducherry and Karaikal regions.

Fuel rates vary across the states due to value-added tax (VAT). The difference in prices in states occurs on account of local taxes like VAT or freight charges. Rajasthan levies the highest VAT on petrol and diesel in the country, followed by Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. India is dependent on imports to meet nearly 85 per cent of its needs and so benchmarks local rates to international oil prices.

The six MPs – Derek O’Brien, Kalyan Bandyopadhyay, Arpita Ghosh, Nadimul Haque, Shantanu Sen, and Abir Ranjan Biswas also raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at one of the entrances to the House.

In an ANI video, The TMC MPs can be heard shouting “Narendra Modi Jawab do” (Narendra Modi give us answers), and  “Jawab tumko dena hoga” (You would have to answer, question the prime  Minister on the rising of petrol, diesel, and LPG.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, before the session began, asked the Opposition to ask difficult questions but also allow his government to answer them. “I would like to urge all the MPs and all the parties to ask the most difficult and sharpest questions in the Houses but should also allow the government to respond, in a disciplined environment. This will boost the democracy, strengthen people’s trust and improve the pace of development,” he said.

With no change in fuel prices, people in Delhi today have to pay Rs 101.54 litre for petrol and diesel costs Rs 89.87 a litre.

While petrol continues to remain at an all –time high of Rs 107.54 litre in Mumbai, diesel costs Rs 97.45 a litre in the financial capital.

In Chennai, petrol costs Rs 102.23 litre and diesel Rs 94.39; in Kolkata, people have to shell out Rs 101.74 for a litre of petrol and Rs 93.02 for diesel; and in Bengaluru, petrol is dearer by Rs 104.94 litre and diesel by Rs 95.26 per litre.

The revision cycle started soon after results for the state elections were declared. Since May 4, petrol price has been hiked on 40 occasions while diesel rates have gone up 37 times and have been reduced on one occasion.

The relentless price increase has pushed petrol rates above the Rs 100 a litre marks in most places in 15 states, including Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Bihar and Punjab and at a couple of districts in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.