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BJP activists protest against fuel prices hike in Mumbai | Activists of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) protested against the Union Government's decision to hike fuel prices here on Saturday. The activists shouted slogans against the United Progressive
Alliance (UPA) Government and burnt effigies. BJP leader Smriti Irani, who is
also the President of BJP's women's wing, said that the rising inflation proved
that the UPA government's claim of being 'pro-poor' was actually a farce. "Government
has pick pocketed the general public. As you are watching in whole nation public
is agitating and public is coming on streets to show their discontent," Irani
said. "The nation where government figure says that more than 60 percent of population
earns less than 20 rupees per day so think in this inflation what will the general
public do?" she added. BJP leader Gopinath Munde also lashed out at the ruling
UPA government, saying that the decision to hike petroleum product prices was
an anti-people decision. "We will fight for the public and we will compel the
government to take back its decision for general public," Munde said. Earlier
on Friday, the Union Government decided to raise petrol and diesel prices, as
part of a plan to move towards a market-determined fuel price regime in accordance
with the Kirit Parikh Committee recommendation. The government has raised the
price of petrol by rupees 3.73 per litre, while it is rupees two for diesel. |
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