STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Workers of the Dogra Front and Shiv Sena (DFSS) under the leadership of Ashok Gupta on Wednesday held a protest against the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCSCA) Department for their alleged failure to control inflation of ration prices.
Holding empty utensils in their hands, party activists raised slogans against the State Government.
Ashok Gupta strongly condemned the hike in the prices of Atta and rice by the State Government.
He said on one hand Prime Minister is advocating for providing food to the people on cheaper rates on the other State government hiked the price of ration.
Gupta demanded that white paper must be issued by the government clarifying that on what grounds the prices were hiked in the State.
Parkash, Nikku, Bantu, Yashoda, Manohar Lal, Bua Ditta, Geeta, Sukhdev and Abhishek were also present in the protest.
