The members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha took out bike rally on Saturday from Gandhi Park to Collectorate in protest against hike in the base price of VAT on petrol as announced by the State Government on September 16.
The members of BJYM led by its president Vipin Rana assembled at Gandhi Park and took out bike rally upto Collectorate. They shouted slogans against the State Government and later submitted a memorandum to the administrative officer addressing to the Chief Minister.
Rana said that the hike on the base price of VAT on petrol would add to the burden of the common people who have been smarting under the impact of the spiraling prices of essential commodities.
The BJYM leader said that the State Government, neck-deep in corruption, is making the common people face the consequences of their misrule. Tearing further into State Government, he said they are adding to the people’s burden while doing nothing to solve the problems they have been facing. Other protester said that the hike on the base price of VAT on petrol would force the prices of essential items to sky-rocket. The BJYM will intensify its agitation if the State Government does not withdraw the increased base price of VAT on petrol immediately, he added.
At another remove, Swaraj Abhiyan, a group formed by ousted AAP leaders and Uttarakhand against Corruption members protested by shouting slogans against the State Government over the same matter. The members distributed sweets to those persons who reached at Petrol pomp for petrol. Suresh Negi one of the members of association alleged that the State Government had put tremendous burden on the people by increasing the base price of VAT on petrol. “Both the central and State Governments have failed to control price rise, landing the common people in dire straits. Now the hiked base price of VAT on petrol would bleed them white,” he said. Others present on the occasion were Rajiv, Raju Singh, Udayveer, Gambhir Rawat, JS Bisth, Rakesh, Devendra, Mukesh, Suresh Negi, Raju Singh and others.