The Uttarakhand Congress today held demonstrations across the state burning effigies of the central government in protest against the rising LPG, petrol and diesel prices.
Led by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Pritam Singh and Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Indira Hridayesh, party workers in large numbers marched in a procession from the state party office in Dehradun to the Astley Hall Chawk via Rajpur Road and Ghanta Ghar and burnt an effigy of the central government in protest.
Addressing Congress workers at the party office here, the PCC president said prices of petroleum products were never as high as today not even when crude oil price was double its present price in the international market during the UPA's tenure.
Accusing the Narendra Modi government of "looting" the country, Singh said people are groaning under the weight of rising prices and the only way out is to overthrow the Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Charging the central government with failure on all fronts, Hridayesh asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi about his promise of bringing down the prices within 100 days of coming to power.
Similar protests were staged by the party workers at every district headquarters in the state.
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