To protest against exorbitant hike in prices of kitchen gas, diesel, and petrol, Punjab Congress on Thursday announced to gherao Punjab Raj Bhavan on March 1 — the same day the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) had announced to conduct a protest march towards the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on the first day of the budget session.
“The party would take the voice of the people against this cruel rise in prices of essential commodities to the Centre. We will keep pressurising the Central regime which has completely forsaken the interest of common man to force it to control spiraling prices,” said Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar.
Castigating the Centre for “looting” the public, Jakhar slammed the atrocious Rs 25 hike in LPG prices while pointing out that Rs 100 have been added to the gas cylinder price already in the last one month by the Centre.Condemning the similar upward trend in prices of petrol and diesel, Jakhar underlined that this was happening when the prices of crude oil are at half than what it was during the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s tenure.
“Modi regime is looting people by burdening them with this extra prices,” said Jakhar adding that the Centre was filling coffers of its favorite corporates at the cost of the public.