Left parties staged a demonstration here on Tuesday against the rising fuel prices and demanded immediate rollback of the hike.
Workers and leaders of the CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML) Liberation and All India Forward Bloc demonstrated at Master Canteen Square accusing the Central Government of resorting to “forcible collection of taxes” from “helpless” people amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
“The manner in which the fuel prices have been hiked recently shows that the Narendra Modi Government is utterly insensitive towards the sufferings of people,” CPI State secretary Asish Kanungo said.
The leaders said the fuel price hike has led to considerable increase in the prices of essential commodities, compounding the miseries of the common people.
Demanding an immediate rollback of the hike in fuel rates, they also sought a special financial package for people in view of the Covid-19 crisis.