Congress to gherao Punjab Raj Bhavan over fuel price hike

Chandigarh, February 25

To protest against an exorbitant hike in prices of kitchen gas, diesel and petrol, the Punjab Congress Committee will gherao Punjab Raj Bhavan on March 1, ahead of the beginning of Punjab’s Budget session.

State Congress chief Sunil Jakhar said, “The party will take the voice of people against this steep rise in prices of essential commodities to the Centre. We will keep pressurising the central regime, which has completely forsaken the interest of common man, to force it to control spiralling prices.”

Castigating the Centre for looting the public, the senior Congress leader slammed the Rs 25 hike in LPG prices effected today while pointing out that the price had increased by almost Rs 100 in the past month.

Jakhar said the Akali Dal was trying to shield the Centre over the price rise issue and agricultural legislations.

“I request Parminder Singh Dhindsa to be present in the coming session of the Vidhan Sabha to clear the facts as he was Finance Minister in the SAD-BJP Government,” said Jakhar. — TNS