After the Rs 3.50 hike, which followed a Rs 100 increase since March, a 14.2kg cooking gas cylinder costs more than Rs 1,000 across the country.

“On behalf of all the housewives — Thank You Modi ji!” Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted.

As the rupee fell another 3 paise to close at a lifetime low of 77.65 to the dollar, Surjewala said: “The rupee, petrol and gas cylinder are competing! Every Indian is worried. Do the PM-FM ‘care’?”