Youth Cong lambast NDA govt against price rise

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Sept 23

Condemning against the BJP led NDA government on price hike in various essential commodities State Youth Congress staged sit-in-protest in front of state Congress office, B.T. road here today.

Speaking to media person on the sidelines of the protest, president of State Youth Congress, Md. Amir Huissen said ever since the central government has come under the rule of BJP led NDA coalition people are facing severe problem due to price hike of various essential commodities. 

He said oil price hike occurred nine times in the last six months. Moreover there has been rise in inflation, hike price in food items, hike in agricultural expenditure, transport charges, with free hand given to oil companies for larger profits by exploiting the poor, and has brought only worries to the common men, he said.

Amir charged the BJP led NDA government as the party which is helping capitalist economic actors in order to pay them back for their support in putting the party into power.

“Before coming to power the BJP had many promises like bringing a new change in social accountability and security. But now the party has been unable to fix the unstable economy of the country”, he said.

He said NDA government do not fix the price of petroleum products as the price is changing on daily basis though price of world crude oil is not hiked.

Due to price hike on petrol and diesel many farmers have committed suicide as their businesses get deteriorating day by day, he alleged. Furthermore the NDA government has failed to provide 13 LPG cylinders for every connection in a year, he added.

“On top of that the consumers of the state are not able to get even one LPG cylinder in five months. If things continue like this we are heading towards darkness”, Amir said, adding that the Centre should reduce taxes on essential commodities including petroleum products.

He asserted that the State Youth Congress sand for a united society and it will in any case not tolerate division in the name of religion, caste and economic status.