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Mass protests against fuel price hike | Protestors belonging to various political parties
protested against the Central Government on Thursday over the rising prices of petroleum products. Scores of members and supporters of the Marumalarchi Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) party staged a protest in Tamil Nadu's Chennai city condemning the Central Government for its anti-people attitude. Angered by the hike in fuel
prices the activists raised anti-government slogans and demanded for the increase
to be rolled back immediately. "This price hike by the Government is anti-people
and there is no justification. It will hit the life of the common man. The Indian
government needs to be condemned for its anti-people policies," said MDMK chief
Vaiko. "With this hike, the prices of all commodities are bound to rise affecting
common people. Inflation will reach new heights," he added. Meanwhile, at Siliguri
in West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists staged a protest, which
brought the traffic to a halt. "This road blockade is being done by the Bharatiya
Janata Party in the entire West Bengal against the rise in the prices of petrol,
diesel and gas. We are against the Congress and Trinamool Congress at the Centre,
so we are launching a protest against them," said Biswa Priyo Roy Chowdhury, General
Secretary of West Bengal State unit of BJP. The Central Government had on June
25 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 Rs 3.73 and diesel
by Rs 2 per litre. |
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