Left parties seek rollback of fuel costs, announce 15-day protest
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The costs of petroleum merchandise had gone up by 21 occasions because the outcomes of the latest Assembly elections had been introduced on May 2.
The Left parties have introduced a 15-day protest from June 16 to 30, demanding a rollback of fuel value hike and controlling the costs of important commodities.
In a joint assertion signed by common secretaries of the 5 Left parties — Sitaram Yechury of the CPI (M), D. Raja of the CPI, Debabrata Biswas of the All India Forward Bloc, Manoj Bhattacharya of the Revolutionary Socialist Party and Dipankar Bhattacharya of the CPI (ML) — identified that the costs of petroleum merchandise had gone up by 21 occasions because the outcomes of the latest Assembly elections had been introduced on May 2.
“This is leading to a cascading inflationary spiral with the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rising to a 11-year high. The prices of food articles have risen by nearly 5% in April. Primary commodities saw a rise of 10.16% and manufactured products have risen by 9.01%. By the time these commodities reach the retail markets, the consumers are charged much more,” the parties stated.
Earlier, the Congress too had held a day-long protest at petrol pumps throughout the nation towards the fuel hike.
The Left parties stated that the economic system was going into deep recession. “Clearly, unscrupulous black-marketing and hoarding is taking place under state patronage. Modi government must strictly crackdown on such black-marketing especially of essential drugs, vital for people’s survival,” they stated.
The announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout his latest handle to the nation of extending until Deepavali the PM Garib Kalayan Anna Yojana of 5 kgs of foodgrains was utterly insufficient, the parties stated. Instead, 10 kg foodgrains per thirty days to all people, together with a meals equipment with pulses, edible oil, sugar, spices, tea and many others., have to be distributed free.
“Modi government must immediately give direct cash transfers of ₹7,500 per month for six months to all families not in the income tax paying bracket,” the joint assertion stated.
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