It might come as little solace to the aam aadmi, but it is not just the ordinary housewife who is reeling under the burden of increasing prices and the latest move to cap domestic LPG cylinders. A senior Congressman disclosed how the wife of the India head of a multinational oil and gas company was unhappy with her husband. “You see, despite her husband’s Rs 1-crore monthly salary, she was only given Rs 50,000 for kitchen and household expenses. Now, with the annual six cylinder cap, the lady is at her wits’ end,” said the Congressman.
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