Last Update: March 02, 2023, 10:07 IST
DYFI activists on Wednesday took out a protest march from MG Road in the city and staged a sit-in on the railway track. (File photo: @cpimspeak)
The price of cooking gas LPG was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder on Wednesday – the first increase in rates in nearly eight months – within days of the end of polling in three northeastern states.
Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala took out a protest march in the city and sat on railway tracks to protest against the hike in the price of LPG cylinders.
The price of cooking gas LPG was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder on Wednesday – the first increase in rates in nearly eight months – within days of the end of polling in three northeastern states.
DYFI activists on Wednesday took out a protest march from MG Road in the city and staged a sit-in on the railway track.
The CPI(M) state secretariat called for a massive protest against the hike in LPG prices, saying the BJP-led central government had increased the price 12 times in the last eight years.
“Afterwards Narendra Modi After coming to power, everything in this country has been handed over to the corporates. Now the LPG price in Kerala has reached Rs 1,110, while the price of a commercial cylinder will be Rs 2,124 after an increase of Rs 351, DYFI said in a statement.
Various hotel and restaurant associations have also organized a protest march in the state capital to protest against the hike in commercial LPG cylinder prices.
The CPI(M) said the hike puts further burden on the people when the prices of all food and essential commodities are on the rise.
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