Is the steep hike by the current central government ‘justified’?

The present BJP led central government in India has become a potpourri for abuses being hurled at them both by the opposition parties and common public alike. The million dollar question most people pose to the government is that if the current crude oil prices are around $80, then why do retail petrol and diesel prices higher today than in 2013-14 when they were over $100? And then why did the central government which hiked excise duty on petrol and diesel multiple times when crude oil prices fell is now reducing it when crude oil prices have gone up? What happened to state governments which generally charge a massive VAT on diesel and petrol abruptly cut down the tax a bit at their end? Is it just to keep the consumers walking on air especially when diesel price hikes will also show up in inflation, both in WPI and CPI? The point at issue is that both the central and the state governments have been held captive in the culprit bones of citizenry court.