Demanding immediate and complete rollback of the ever steepest hike in petrol price by Rs 7.50 per litre, the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today slammed the congress led UPA government at Centre for slashing the price of petrol by just Rs 2 and described it merely as ‘eyewash’. In a statement, the chief minister said the UPA government has once again stabbed in the back of the common man, for whom it claimed to be the votary for safeguarding his (aam aadami’s) rights by not withdrawing the entire hike in the petrol prices. He said the centre should have gracefully rolled back the complete hike in the petrol prices to win over the confidence of the countrymen, but it never did the same. He said the real face of the congress has been unmasked because it was under tremendous pressure of the oil companies for making reckless hike in the petrol prices at their behest from time to time without taking all the political parties into confidence. Badal lamented the unfortunate decision of the UPA government taken unilaterally regarding the oil prices, which had blatantly ignored the sentiments of the people by denying them the much awaited respite by rolling back the entire prices of petrol, who were already leading a miserable life under the burden of high inflation due to its ill conceived policies.The Chief Minister asked the Centre had the UPA government sincere to the core for the welfare of the countrymen, it should have not slashed the prices of petrol in parts like this rather it should have immediately reversed its earlier decision of unbearable hike in the petrol prices by Rs 7.50 per litre.