The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), yesterday, tweeted two infographics, on petrol and diesel retail selling prices in Delhi and captioned it as ‘Truth of Hike in Petroleum Prices.’
Truth of hike in petrol prices! pic.twitter.com/hES7murfIL
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 10, 2018
Truth of hike in diesel prices! pic.twitter.com/gF7CWHeiti
— BJP (@BJP4India) September 10, 2018
The rate at which petrol prices have surged has increased by 13 percent between 2014 and 2018, which is lesser than the rate when compared to the jump between 2009 to 2014 at 75.8 percent. BJP’s goof-up moment was, when instead of clearly depicting the drop in ‘rate’, it showed a drop in absolute ‘prices’.
Similarly, in the graph on diesel prices, the BJP has again indicated a decrease in the hike percentage from 2014 to 2018 by showing a drop in the price bar – when in reality, diesel prices have risen to Rs 72.83 from Rs 56.71.
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Congress was quick enough to grab the opportunity and within an hour, it “fixed” the BJP’s faulty graph.
There! Fixed it for you @BJP4India#MehangiPadiModiSarkar pic.twitter.com/kbKBjUi0M7
— Congress (@INCIndia) September 10, 2018
It can be made out from the graph that that oil prices rose with the rise in international crude oil prices during the UPA regime. However, from 2014-2018, the oil price hike has seen a 13 per cent increase despite a 34 per cent fall in internal crude oil price.
Well, even netizens didn’t spare the BJP for this gaffe of theirs and told them the ‘truth’ in their own humorous ways.
This is perfect graph. pic.twitter.com/ahLHax8Pjm
— Swapnil Suryawanshi (@swapnil_bs) September 10, 2018
This is perfecter…? pic.twitter.com/PeK2IXkXHr
— Jagdish (@kumar_jag) September 10, 2018
Aha so finally we have
Pic 1 : Correct graph.
Pic 2 : Corrected graph.Hope this clears all the confusion. pic.twitter.com/FIdzPGOlPO
— Rajeev Jain (@gallerygrandeur) September 10, 2018
— Sneha singh (@sneha_si) September 10, 2018
I have fixed it further pic.twitter.com/uUZFh7tbDx
— Nafrat Chodo , Bharat Jodo (@Kashif_DXB_KNN) September 10, 2018
I am sure a student of "entire economics" must have made this graph! pic.twitter.com/ftPIZoVvQg
— Abhisar Sharma (@abhisar_sharma) September 10, 2018
Not perfect but still better @BJP4India ??? pic.twitter.com/M4ffxRinI3
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) September 10, 2018
You get an F in math, F in statistics, F in graphics, but A in imagination and A+ in fiction. https://t.co/4WC8fuaZ3i
— Salil Tripathi (@saliltripathi) September 10, 2018
Fixed pic.twitter.com/j1kS2Ap6Yk
— Arvindh (@arv1ndh) September 10, 2018
It just hit me. This graph explains why BJP thinks Rafale was a great deal! pic.twitter.com/sOv1oViISH
— अंशुल (@Ghair_Kanooni) September 10, 2018