Petrol Pump owners to give 50 Paise Per Litre discount to voters with inked fingers on Polling Day

April 6: In a bid to promote voting in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, All India Petroleum Dealers Association (AIPDA) on Friday announced a discount of 50 paise per litre on petrol and diesel on elections days. The association said that for availing the discount one needs to show the voting mark with indelible ink on their finger.

“We have come forward to promote voting among the voters with a ‘Promote Voting’ campaign with a 50-paise/litre discount,” the All India Petroleum Dealers Association (AIPDA) said in a statement on Friday. The offer will be available from 8 am to 8 pm at the fuel stations participating in the campaign for customers who have the voting mark on their fingers.

A consumer can avail of the discount for a maximum of 20 litres of fuel on that day, AIPDA president Ajay Bansal said, adding that he expects at least 90% of about 58,000 dealermembers of the association will participate in the campaign. Dealers will bear the financial burden of the discount, not the oil companies, Bansal said.

The general elections are scheduled to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, in which about 90 crore people are eligible to vote.

India has about 64,000 petrol pumps of which around one-fourth are in rural areas. State-run companies control 90% of fuel pumps.