Cong to hold rally against price rise, post-poll violence

The Congress will organise a major rally on June 25 to protest against the price rise and post-poll violence in the state.
State Congress President Adhir Chowdhury said the party workers would take out a protest rally from Ramlila Maidan to Gandhi Statue at Mayo Road-Dufferin Road crossing to put pressure on the state government to control the price rise.
Chowdhury also flayed the Mamata Banerjee government for allegedly maintaining double standard when it came to protest against the hike in petrol and diesel prices.
"On one hand, the farmers have been deprived of the benefit which is generated from the price rise and on the other the people have been finding it difficult to cope up with the soaring prices of everyday commodities. Only the middlemen are benefited. The state government must rein in the middlemen who reap all the benefits," he said.

"We have decided to organise a protest rally against this and the continuing post-poll violence in the state," Chowdhury informed.
He alleged that the TMC MPs remain silent on petrol-diesel price hikes in Parliament.

"TMC MPs do not speak about it in Parliament whereas in West Bengal they say that it happens due to the movement of prices in the international oil market. TMC is maintaining a double standard on petrol and diesel price hike," Chowdhury said.
When asked whether the party would ask the Left workers to join in the rally, the state Congress President said that only CPI(M) state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra has been requested to take part.

"We are organising this rally in our own capacity. We never promised that we will only launch joint movements with the Left.
"They are launching their own movements and we have been doing the same. Sometimes there will be a joint movement. But for June 25 rally, we have requested Surjya Kanta Mishra to attend it," he said.