Protesting against fuel price hike and record depreciation of value of rupees, Uttarakhand Samajwadi Party unit set effigy of the Centre on fire at Ghantaghar.
The SP leaders also shouted anti union government slogans. The SP leaders defined the Union Government as anti-people. The BJP members also staged a protest against the Central Government.
SP Mahanagar unit president Pradeep Chaudhary said, “UPA-led Union Government has failed on all fronts. Inflation has broken backbone of common man. The fuel price hike has become a regular affair. Despite all that, the UPA-II claims to be pro Aam Adami.” Angry SP workers blamed the centre for not paying any attention to the issues related to the common man. The party workers gathered at the ghantaghar where they set the effigy of the union Government on fire for failing to control the price hike.
Chaudhary said that the inflation broke all past records. Depreciation of rupee created a sort of disappointment among the people. All these together shattered the common man badly. Chaudhary said that the government was failed on all front.