NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday said the price of petrol should be Rs 32 per litre in the wake of the fall in international crude price, accusing the government of not passing on the benefits to the consumers.

AICC general secretary Shakeel Ahmed said the comparative prices of crude over the years show that petrol prices are more than double of what they should be.

He said when the price of crude oil was $147 in December 2008 and the value of rupee was 42 against one US dollar, the price of petrol was Rs 64 per litre.

"Now as on December 11, the international crude oil price is $70 and the cost of petrol should have come down to around Rs 31 per litre. It can at best be Rs 32,” he said.

Ahmed said the government was not letting the consumers benefit from the fall in international prices.

