The left parties on Tuesday decided to stage nationwide protests against price rise by it state units between January 15 and 31. The four left parties’ co-ordination meeting blamed UPA Government for frequent increase of fuel prices, forcefully linking to Aadhar.
“The left parties express serious concern at the crushing burden of price rise which is affecting all sections of the people. There is no respite in the upwards spiral of prices of food items and essential commodities with food inflation reaching a record high of 20 per cent. The UPA government is adding fuel to the fire by continuously increasing the prices of petrol, diesel, lPG and CNG,” said the joint press release issued by CPI(M), CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc.
The meeting was attended by the left leaders AB Bardhan, Prakash Karat, S Sudhakar Reddy, Debabrata Biswas, Sitaram Yechury and Abani Roy. “No to Aadhar linkage being made mandatory for delivery of services and subsidies to the people,” said the joint Press release.