Congress to protest price rise with three-phase campaign from March 31
India Today
As part of its campaign to protest against price rise, the Congress plans to organise rallies and marches across the country from March 31 to April 7.
The Congress is all set to kickstart a three-phase campaign called ‘Mehngai-mukt Bharat Abhiyaan’ in protest of soaring fuel prices and the cost of other commodities.
As part of this nationwide campaign, the party plans to organise rallies and protest marches across the country from March 31 to April 7.
In the first phase of the campaign, the Congress will observe March 31 as Gas Cylinder Shaheedi Diwas. In a direct hit to household kitchens, LPG domestic cooking gas prices were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder earlier this month.
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Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said party workers and common people will garland LPG cylinders, beat drums and ring bells to highlight the issue of inflation and seek to draw the attention of the "deaf BJP government against the insurmountable increase in the prices of cooking gas, petrol and diesel.”
From April 2 to April 4, the Congress will organise sit-in protests and marches at the district and block level across the country.On April 7, the party will organise Mehngai-mukt Bharat demonstrations and marches at all state headquarters with the help of social and religious organisations, NGOs and people, Surjewala said.
"The people of India have been betrayed, duped and deceived by the (Narendra) Modi government. After keeping the prices of petrol, diesel, gas cylinders, piped natural gas (PNG) and CNG unchanged for 137 days to secure the votes of people, the last one week has been a nightmare for every household. This has proved the dictum of the Modi government -- 'fleece the people, fill coffers’," he alleged.
