Youth Cong activists hold protest over rising fuel prices

WATSUPPTODAY | JAMMU

J&K Pradesh Youth Congress on Wednesday staged protest against the BJP Government at the Centre over the rising fuel prices across the country.
Led by Uday Bhanu Chib, the Youth Congress activists assembled in front of Congress Headquarters Jammu and raised slogans against the Union Government for hiking petrol and diesel prices. They shouted slogans against BJP Government like �Jab Se Aaye Modi Sarkar�.Tab Se Par Rahi Hai Janta Pe Petrol-Diesel Ki Maar�.
Talking to reporters here, Uday Chib lamented that petrol and diesel prices are being increased daily when the entire country is hit by Covid-19 pandemic, and people are in crisis due to the lockdown. He said that the Central Government is looting the people by hiking the excise duty on petrol and diesel.
�The anti-people policies of the BJP Government are responsible for the high prices of petrol, diesel and LPG despite crude oil consistently remaining down to less than 50 per cent for the last six years. International crude oil prices are the lowest in the last 15 years, yet petrol and diesel prices are skyrocketing, while the common people, the middle class, the farmers, the transporters and small and medium businesses are bearing the pain of high oil rates,� Chib rued.
Terming the hike in petrol and diesel price �historic�, Chib said that the steepest fuel price hike will have cascading effects on other essential commodities effecting people already suffering from the exhaustive policies of the NDA government. He asserted that the government is not at all controlling petroleum companies, and common people are heavily burdened. This (hike) will further pinch the pockets of the common man who is battling inflation in view of COVID-19 crisis. If petrol, diesel prices are reduced it will help bring down inflation," he emphasized.
The Centre should take steps to withdraw hike in petrol and diesel prices, and should fix prices affordable for people who have just recovered from the problems created by the lockdown, Chib demanded.
Among others who joined the protest included Ajaz Choudhary vice President jkpyc, Ricky Dalotra, Shail Singh Langeh , Nimrandeep Singh , Ranjeet chopra Gen Secretaries Jkpyc , Latish Sharma , Ashwani Singh, Barinder Partap, Jagjoot Singh, Deviyansh Jkpyc secretaries, Neeraj Choudhary DYC President, Rahul Tandon DYC (W) President, Sahil , Manav Choudhary Vice Presidents DYC, Sunny Jatt, Happy randhawa , Anirudha Sawhney AYC Presidents, Goutam chakotra VP Ayc , Rohit bhagat and others.