PATNA: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday criticised the central government for raising the prices of petrol, diesel, kerosene and LPG. He said that this would hit the life of every sections of society, particularly the poor and the middle-class.
The BJP would burn the effigy of the UPA government at all the district headquarters in the state on Saturday to protest the rise in prices of petro products. State BJP vice-president Sanjay Mayukh said that the decision with regard to the burning of the effigy of the UPA was taken on Friday.
Modi said that the Congress-led UPA government had maintained its anti-poor stance from the outset. The hike in the prices of petroleum products had further aggravated the problem of the people suffering from skyrocketing prices of different commodities.
Increase in the price of kerosene by Rs 3 per litre is unjust and inhuman to the poor, Modi said, adding that an increase of Rs 35 per cylinder in the price of LPG would affect the kitchen budget of the middle-class.
The increase in the prices of diesel and petrol will further escalate the skyrocketing prices, Modi said. \"The Bihar government strongly protests the hike in the prices of petroleum products,\" he said.
President of the Bihar Chamber of Commerce P K Agrawal said the increase in prices of diesel and petrol has put a question mark on the efforts of the central government to control the prices of commodities. The petroleum price hike would have a spiralling effect on the economy increasing the inflation further, he said.
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Friday, June 25, 2010
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