Centre flayed over high onion prices

Our Correspondent

Tarn Taran, December 9

The district unit of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday organised a protest against the surge in onion prices at the local District Administrative Complex here.

Gurdev Singh Lakhna, district president of the party, Dr Kashmir Singh Sohal, Manjinder Singh Sidhu, Ranjit Singh Cheema and Jasbir Singh Sursingh, halqa incharges of four vidhan sabha constituencies of the district, besides other leaders addressed the volunteers on the occasion.

Gurdev Singh said the Central Government had failed to control the prices of onions, which has badly affected the domestic budget of middle class families. He demanded that the state government should scrap power purchase agreements with private companies in the interest of state people, who are reeling under high power prices.

The party submitted a memorandum, addressed to the Centre and the state government, to Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal, Deputy Commissioner. The protesters demanded that the articles of daily use should be available at cheaper rates. The volunteer raised slogans against the governments for their failure to give relief to people.