Unprecedented increase in prices of diesel, petrol and gas will further increase woes of common man: CPI

Ludhiana: The Communist party of India Ludhiana unit held a demonstration on March 5 against the price rise of diesel petrol and gas. This has come as a bolt from the blue after the farm laws which are bound to increase the price of essential food items for the consumers. 

Speakers addressing the demonstrations said that nowhere in the world the price of petrol and diesel and gas is so high as in our country at present. Even when the price of crude oil in the international market fell the price of petrol and diesel and gas did not come down in accordance with that in India. Even our neighbouring countries are selling these items at much lower rate than ours. Many countries in the world whose per capita income is much higher than us are selling it at much cheaper rate.

This is bound to increase the freight and then the cost of all the items. The Ujjwala scheme launched by the Prime Minister has become a joke after the complete withdrawal of subsidy on the gas and exorbitant increase in the price of LPG. 

The speakers demanded immediate withdrawal of this price hike. The Prime Minister had well said that he wants to turn the crisis of Covid into opportunity and he is doing this by bringing draconian laws and increasing prices of essential items. After the rally the participants burnt effigy of PM Modi. 

Those who addressed the meeting include Dr Arun Mitra Comrades Chamkaur Singh, Ramesh Rattan, MS Bhatia, Vijay Kumar, Vinod Kumar and Kameshwar Yadav.