Port Blair, June 29:
In order to protest against the unprecedented rise in the prices of petrol and
diesel, a massive dharna was organized by the leaders of the Pradesh Congress
Committee at Dairy Farm Junction Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma ANPCC president and
other senior Congress leaders were present during the protest.
Similar protests were
also organized at Bambooflat, Dollygunj, Aberdeen Bazaar, Haddo, Shadipur in
other places in the Islands.
Congress leaders
alleged during the protest that citizens in the country are shocked and unhappy
over the repeated and unjust increases in petrol and diesel prices as also
excise duty over the last three months of the lockdown.
"The
extortionate increases have been inflicted on the people by the Central
Government at a time when they are facing unprecedented economic challenges on
account of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Central Government is profiteering by
fleecing the people of India," Congress leaders said.
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