After the Centre’s decision to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel on the eve of Diwali, several BJP and NDA-ruled states announced to reduce VAT on fuel to further provide relief to consumers.

The Centre on Wednesday, in a Diwali bonanza, announced to slash excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10, respectively. It also urged the states to reduce the VAT on petrol and diesel.

Hours after the announcement, governments of BJP-ruled Assam, Goa, Tripura, Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Gujarat, UP and Bihar, where the party is an ally of the ruling government, declared to reduce VAT on fuel.

Goa CM Pramod Sawant announced that his government will reduce an additional Rs 7 on petrol and Rs 7 on diesel, thereby reducing the price of diesel by Rs 17 per litre and petrol by Rs 12 per litre.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma also declared to reduce VAT on petrol and diesel by Rs 7 each. The Karnataka government joined the league and announced a reduction in VAT by Rs 7 each on petrol and diesel. Following suit, Tripura CM Biplab Deb, Manipur CM N Biren Singh and Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel announced a cut on VAT by the same amount each on petrol and diesel.

Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh government officials said that there will be a total reduction of Rs 12 each in petrol and diesel prices, but there wasn’t any official confirmation till the filling of this report.

The NDA-led Bihar government announced to slash VAT, and senior BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi tweeted: “In Bihar there will be further reduction of state VAT by 1.30 Rs on Petrol and 1.90 Rs on Diesel apart from Rs 5 & 10 Rs reduction on excise duty. Effectively petrol will be cheaper by Rs 6.30 & Diesel by 11.90 in Bihar.”