Chandigarh: Congress protests over fuel price hike, inflation
Chandigarh (Punjab), April 7: Congress workers staged a protest at Punjab Congress Bhawan in Chandigarh against the Central government over inflation and a steep increase in fuel prices over the last few days.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu, former Cabinet Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and other party leaders were also part of the protest that took place on Thursday.
Congress workers also mocked the Central government by garlanding cylinders at the protest site.
Notably, the workers of the grand old party have been staging protests across the country against the Centre over rising inflation. Congress workers also protested against the fuel price hike in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir on the day.
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"We have organised such protests across the country. They (BJP-led Centre) decreased the prices before polls and increased soon after polls got over. Poor is the worst affected," a Congress worker said during the protest.
Amid the ongoing second half of the Budget Session, both Houses of Parliament have witnessed adjournments after disruptions by Opposition over inflation and continuously rising fuel prices.
Earlier in the day, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused the Central government of not having an answer on inflation, saying this led to the adjournment of the House.
"We asked for a discussion on public issues but no heed was paid. Since the Central government had no answer on inflation, they adjourned the Parliament. They are making excuses of the Russia-Ukraine crisis for a fuel price hike," he said.
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Taking a jibe at the BJP-led Central government, Chowdhury termed the constant hikes as a " morning gift."
"It's quite ironic that the Finance Minister has said that they're getting crude oil at lower prices from Russia but every day, we're getting a morning gift in form of a fuel price hike," he added.
-PTC News
