City Congress protests rising fuel prices

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, jULY 17

The Chandigarh Congress held a protest demonstration against rising prices at Sector 22 here today.

Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Pawan Bansal attacked the Centre, saying the government was burdening people with tax on petroleum products.

“It seems that the government has exhausted all the means of income and wants to run the affairs by collecting money from the tax on petroleum products,” said Bansal.

Chandigarh Congress president Subhash Chawla said the government had failed to stop the rising inflation. “The last 15 months have pushed 3.20 crore middle income group people into the low income group, while 7.30 crore people slipped below the poverty line,” he said.