| Shillong, Sept 19: The Communist Party of India (CPI) Meghalaya State Council (MSC) has come out strongly against the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government’s decision to hike the price of diesel and has called on the people to join in a mass poster campaign and protest rally to be held on September 20th.
The price hike of diesel by an additional Rs 5.63 per liter and the government’s decision to cap the supply of subsidized cooking gas (LPG) to six cylinders annually, has drawn stern protest countrywide, with the All-India bandh slated for Thursday. The CPI also condemns the UPA decision to allow 51% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi brand retail trade. “The UPA-II Government has struck a blow to the common man at the time when he is reeling under the burden of unprecedented rise in the prices of all essential commodities, and this steep hike will have further cascading effect on the prices in general,” said the CPI Meghalaya State Council Secretary D Dympep here Wednesday afternoon. The CPI-MSC has called upon the people of Meghalaya to protest and intensify the struggle for their rights to live with dignity, and to hit back at the anti-people neo-liberal economic policies of the government. The CPI-MSC further demands the rolling back of diesel prices and withdrawal of six-cylinder cap on cooking gas and not to allow FDI in multi-brand trade. By Our Reporter |
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