Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 2: The workers of Dogra Front and Shiv Sena under the leadership of president, Ashok Gupta took out a procession in Jammu City by carrying vegetables and Gas Cylinders on a moving cart against the price hike and hoarding of necessity items by the black marketeers.
While addressing the gathering, Mr Gupta stated that the black marketeers are hoarding the essential items like onions and potatoes.
He said the rate of the onion in the wholesale market is Rs 12 per kilogram and in the retail market it is being sold at Rs 25 and potatoes wholesale price is Rs 17 and in the retail market it is being sold at Rs 35 per kilogram.
The protestors further said the variation in the price is due to the hoarding of these essential commodities which is leading to the spike in inflation but State Government is not taking any action against these black marketeers as also the CAPD which is responsible for not taking any action against the black marketeers.
The workers said that the Central Government in Delhi conducted raid at 250 godowns which led to the immediate price slide of the essential commodities.
They said the price hike by Central Government in rail fare is also one of the cause of the surge in the price of the essential commodities, adding that after the hike in the price of Petrol, Diesel and Gas, common man is not in a position to run the kitchen.
They appealed the Government that in the upcoming budget stern actions should be taken to curb inflation and new Tax laws such as the 0% tax slab should be increased to 5 lakhs and GST should be implemented eradicating Sales and various other taxes.
The workers said that the farmers sell their produce at low prices but it goes up by 400 to 500 per cent by the time they reach the market.
The protesters included Tony, Tarseem, Ashish, Bantu, Vickoo, Lal Singh, Ramesh, Nandan, Gansiht, Chaitnya, Raj, Rajesh, Krishan, Sanjay and various others were present.
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