As UP poll looms, freeze on price hike begins to pinch oil cos

State-run fuel retailers have started losing money as they have held back upward revision in pump prices on verbal ‘nudge’ from the oil ministry, which appears to be avoiding giving opposition a political stick in the run up to the crucial UP assembly election.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/as-up-poll-looms-freeze-on-price-hike-begins-to-pinch-oil-companies/articleshow/86433723.cms>ab