The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president, Pritam Singh has said that hike of Rs 150 of the cooking gas cylinder has hit the common man hard.
Terming the increase as exploitation of poor, he said that the Narendra Modi government has failed miserably in controlling the price rise. The Congress president said that the party would hold massive protest at all district headquarters on Thursday and burn the effigy of the government for hefty hike in the prices of cooking gas.
He said that the government is putting the load of its failures on the general public due to which people are facing problems. The PCC president said that the government is increasing the price of cooking gas regularly in the year 2020, two steep hikes have already occurred. He said that the inflation has now become out of control and general public is feeling cheated.
The state president of Congress party said that the PM Modi who had promised stars to the people at the time of elections is making fun of the poor. He alleged that the BJP government is protecting some big industrial houses and has no sympathy with the general public. Pritam claimed that the international prices of crude are witnessing a downfall but instead of reducing prices, the government is continuously increasing the prices for benefit of the old companies. He said that the price rise is hitting the person standing on the last step of the social strata.