Punjab Congress will stage a state-wide protest, across all cities from 11 am till 1 pm, on February 11 against the incessant hike in petrol, diesel, and kitchen gas prices by the Narendra Modi regime.
Announcing this, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief Sunil Jakhar on Monday said that due to the Centre’s oppressive policies, each segment of society is distressed.
“On one side, while the Centre’s ego is forcing farmers to protest against, it is putting undue financial burden on the common man by hiking prices of petrol, diesel, and gas,” said Jakhar, who would lead the party’s protest march from Abohar.
“A gas cylinder used to cost Rs 438 in 2014 when Dr Manmohan Singh ji was the Prime Minister, and now, the same cylinder cost has crossed Rs 750.
This too when the prices of crude oil is almost half than what it used to be in 2014,” Jakhar quipped, targeting the Modi regime for “looting the public”.
He said that the prices of oil and gas should have reduced as a result of decrease in crude prices but the Centre is deliberately spiking prices each time to break the back of the common man.
PPCC chief said that the party will raise the voice of the people against this atrocity during the protest march on February 11.