Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, July 22: Youth Congress activists today protested against incessant fuel price hike across the country, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government to rollback the prices.
The protest was organised by Youth Congress District president Idrees Gani and AYC president Fyaz Ahmed.
Led by Uday Bhanu Chib, president J&K PYC, the Youth Congress activists assembled at Bus Stand Poonch and raised slogans against the BJP Government over the rising fuel prices across the country.
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.
Chib said that 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 added.
PYC chief accused the Modi Government of picking pockets of the common man and also taking away their livelihood.
Terming the hike in petrol and diesel price ‘historic’, Youth Congress activists termed 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.
Fiaz Ahmed Diwan president Indian National Youth Congress Poonch appealed to the Prime Minister for immediate roll back on petrol and diesel prices. He also raised the local issues like daily power cuts, poor water supply and cross border firing.
Among others who joined the protest included Sikandar hayat, Idress Gani, Zaffar Iqbal, Amanat Ali, Sarfraz Ahmad, Ajaz Chowan, Asif Bajjar, Sajid Rashid, Majid Ahmed and Adnan Ahmed.
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