<span style="color: #222222;">Union Minister of State for Social Justice Ramdas Athawale today apologised for his statement on petrol price hike. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Minister, who is the president of Republican Party of India (RPI), said he never wanted to hurt the sentiments of people. He said, he was aware of the problems faced by common man.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a press statement issued by RPI quoting Mr Athawale, it demanded that prices of petrol and diesel be brought down. </span><br />