Youth Congress activists today staged a protest against the steep rise in petrol and diesel prices near the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas here, blaming the BJP-led Centre for the same.
The protest, led by Indian Youth Congress National General Secretary Sitaram Lamba and National Secretary Khushboo Sharma, was organised by the Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress.
The activists planned to march from the IYC to Shastri Bhawan, which houses the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, but police did not allow them to proceed by erecting barricades few meters away from the ministry office.
Terming the hike in petrol and diesel price "historic", IYC's national spokesperson Amrish Ranjan Pandey said, "The steepest fuel price hike will have cascading effects on other essential commodities effecting people already suffering from the exhaustive policies of the NDA government."
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