In response to a nationwide call of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to observe a protest week against the ever-increasing prices of petroleum products and other essential commodities, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) staged a demonstration before Bhubaneswar Sub-Collector office on Wednesday. Hundreds of Congress workers took out a rally and protested against rise in prices of all essential commodities including edible oil, petrol, diesel, etc., in front of Sub-Collector office showing banners and placards and beating utensils and cymbals at petrol pumps. Party workers also staged protests in all block headquarters. Members of PCC, NSUI, Mahila and Youth Congress and Seva Dal workers participated in large numbers. The party workers raised slogans against the all-round failure of both Modi Government at Centre and Naveen Patnaik Government in State and stated that when Congress-led UPA Government was in power at Centre, for minor hike in prices, both BJP and BJD were protesting. What’s happening now when prices of all essential commodities skyrocketing and petrol prices crossed all-time high of Rs 100, they asked. Addressing party workers here, senior leaders MLA Suresh Routray, former PCC president Sarat Pattanayak, Bhubaneswar district president Biswajit Das.