STATE TIMES NEWS
KATHUA: Castigating Union as well as State Government responsible for enhancing the hardships of common people District Congress Committee under the leadership of District President Former MLC Subash Gupta staged protest demonstration at Mukherjee Chowk, on Saturday.
The protesters raised slogans against the government for hike in prices of petroleum products and other essential commodities, and against non-availability of ration, sugar, power, and drinking water.
PCC State General Secretary Dr Manohar Lal Sharma, Former Minister Babu Singh, Ex-MLA Girdhari Lal Chalotra, former President Municipal Council Naresh Sharma and dozens of other party leaders expressed their views over the failures of governments.
Dr Manohar Lal alleging the Modi government said, “It was hardly a month that after the formation of new government started showing his hidden deadly teeth by raising the fare hike in railways. Now, after few months of ups and down government had increased the price of petroleum products to unexpected graph”, adding that hike in petroleum products is clearly a bid of the government to increase the economic burden on the poor.
Subash Gupta alleging the central government said it is not the hike of petroleum however, the rates of other commodities would soon be on sky as the transportation charges will increase. The protesters demanding roll back in the hike warned the government ready to face intensified protests throughout the country.
Former Minister Babu Singh, Rattan Chand Karotra, PCC Secretary Aradhana Andotra, Kulbir Singh Pathania and Nirdosh Sharma, DCC Vice-President Yugal Kishore Bali, Pushpa Majotra, LYC Lok Sabha President Advocate Vinay Sharma, General Secretary Advocate Rajeev Gupta, Kewal Sharma, Youth Congress Billawar Assembly President Laadi Khajuria, Mohinder Singh, Pawan Sharma, Ravinderpal Singh Nitu, Jagdish Dogra, Dr Sharat Sharma, Kulbushan Kumar, Mohinder Kumar, Sarpanch Vijay Tagotra, Jag Ram, Budhi Singh, Rattan Chand Bhagat, Ramesh Kumar, Anant Ram Dogra, S P Chandel, Dewan Khajuria, Kamal Gupta, Harbhajan Singh Saini, Master Satpal Sharma, Ram Lal, Kuldeep Kumar, Neelam Devi, Tarsem Lal, Karan Bhagat, S Sonu Singh, Murari Lal Sharma, Yash pal Singh, Som Raj, Janak Raj, Parveen Kumar, Mulkh Raj Sharma, Hari Dutt, Mool Raj and many others were present on the occasion.
