J-K: CPI(M) demands rollback of cooking gas price hike

Jammu and Kashmir unit of CPI(M) today demanded immediate rollback of the hike in cooking gas price, saying the decision will have a cascading effect on the people already over-burdened by sky-high price rise.
"The recent hike in cooking gas is ridiculous. This anti people decision is bound to further hit the common man already reeling under price rise and inflation," state Secretary of CPI(M) M Y Tarigami said in a statement here.
The price of domestic cooking gas (LPG) was hiked by Rs 3.46 per cylinder on December 10 after the government raised the commission paid to dealers by over nine per cent.

Expressing serious concern over the LPG price hike, the CPI(M) leader said the lower and middle income groups would be the worst hit by this decision.
Terming the decision as "unwarranted and unjustified", he said it has come at a time when skyrocketing prices of essential commodities have pushed the people to the brink.
Tarigami said the decision taken by the government is most "deplorable" and needs to be opposed tooth and nail.