Cong protests against rising fuel prices
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 24: Congress Party today organised massive protest dharna against fuel price hike and increasing unemployment at Bishnah town in district Jammu today.
The Congress workers under the leadership of JKPCC vice president Raman Bhalla, chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma, Distt Jammu Rural president Hari Singh Chib, NSUI National president Neeraj Kundan, PYC president Uday Bhanu Chib, former MLA Shiv Dev Singh, NSUI State president Sunny Parihar organized protest programme against BJP Government at tehsil headquarters Bishnah. It was organized by PCC secretary Shashi Sharma.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhalla criticized the Government over the fuel price hike. He said BJP Government has embarked upon merciless destruction of people’s livelihood which have already been severely assaulted both by the pandemic and the unplanned, unilaterally announced and totally mismanaged policies and programmes in J&K. He accused the Government of deliberately increasing petrol and diesel price. He demanded that the Central Government to sharply reduce its Excise duties, on petroleum products, which are amongst the highest in the world today, and provide relief to the people.
Former minister said the Modi Government has completely failed in keeping its promises to the people of India. The need of the hour is for different parties to set aside their differences and come together. “Time has come to change this Government,” he said.
Bhalla slammed the Government for changing the focus of the budget from welfare of the people to elections. While expressing concern over the widening fiscal deficit, the Congress leader said the common man will be badly affected with the increase in the target of Union Excise duty at Rs 3,61,000 crore during the 2021-22 fiscal from Rs 2,67,000 crore last year.
JKPCC chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma and DCC Jammu Rural president Hari Singh Chib accusing the BJP of disregarding the aspirations of the people of J&K and ignoring the burning issues of masses in J&K, said that BJP had given wide publicity to public issues during 2019 elections with high hopes generated amongst various sections of society which eventually ended in smoke. They sought a white paper from the BJP on the development undertaken and jobs provided to the educated unemployed youth of Jammu region during the past over six years.
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