Congress ups the ante against fuel price hike to counter power crisis protests in Jalandhar – The Tribune India

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Jalandhar, July 2

To counter the protests organised across the state over the prevailing power crisis, the leaders of the ruling Congress today attempted to negate it by holding agitations on fuel price hike.

The Congress leaders held protests in almost every Assembly constituency. The women wing of the Congress, too, raised their voices riding on a cart from Tehsil Complex Chowk to BMC Chowk as a symbolic protest against the rising prices of cooking oils, petrol, diesel and the LPG. While Mahila Morcha chief Dr Jasleen Sethi rode the cart, her team members walked along carrying banners, placards and raising slogans against the Centre on a mike.

The women then sat on a dharna at BMC Chowk and alleged that the uncontrolled fuel price hike had shaken the monthly budget of all families that too in the pandemic times when incomes had fallen to an all-time low. They blamed the PM Narendra Modi-led government for benefiting the big corporates and not paying a hoot about the average families across the country.

Phagwara: Congress leaders led by former minister and chairman Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Joginder Singh Mann on Friday rode a horse cart to oppose the frequent hike in petroleum products by the Centre.

Regressive policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government aims at taking back people to medieval times by stalling economic growth and breaking the backbone of residents, said Mann.

He said unprecedented hike in petroleum products has put an extra burden on the pocket of a common man. He said instead of reducing or controlling the prices, the Centre has been on a continuous spree to enhance prices just to corner the benefit to their blue-eyed private petroleum firms.

Mann said hike in petrol, diesel and LPG has escalated cost of every essential commodity thereby ruining a common man.

The chairman of the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation said the Congress would oppose this draconian move of the Central Government tooth and nail. He said this was open loot of general public and the Congress would not remain a mute spectator.

Mann also urged people to support the Congress in this fight against the Modi governments oppression so that unprecedented hike could be rolled back. If this is acche din of Modi sahib, then I wonder what will be the situation otherwise, he said.

Congress district coordinator Daljeet Singh Raju and youth wing leader Harji Mann also slammed the Centre for putting tremendous burden on the pocket of masses.

Phillaur: Former Punjab Youth Congress president and Phillaur Assembly constituency in charge Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary on Friday organised a protest against the Central Government over the rising prices of essential commodities here.

He said the people of the country are suffering from GDP contraction in last one year, and on the other, the prices of petrol, diesel, edible oils, LPG cylinders, pulses, milk, etc have increased significantly severely impacting the budget of every household.

Referring to the RBIs recent notification allowing banks to raise charges on using ATMs, the Congress leader said under Modi government, not only the burden on peoples wallets has increased, but now they would have to pay more to keep their own money in banks.

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