Congress workers raising slogans against the Centre at Hall Gate in Amritsar.
The Congress
organised a nationwide stir against the rising prices of petrol and diesel on
Monday, demonstrations were also held in Sangrur, Patiala, Amritsar, Faridkot,
Bathinda and SBS Nagar.
Youth Congress and NSUI workers pulling a tractor to oppose rising fuel prices in Sangrur.
Punjab
Congress president Sunil Jakhar said, “The tractor, an instrument of change
that brought about the green revolution, has become a cart for farmers as they
cannot afford the high prices of diesel.” “The Centre should applaud the work
done by the farmers amid the Covid-crisis as Punjab has produced a bumper wheat
crop of 1.27 lakh tones. Instead, the BJP has passed anti-farmer ordinances,”
the Congress leader said.
“The prices
of fuel have been steadily rising over the last three weeks as the central
government has been imposing excise duty on fuel. Thus, for the first time the
prices of diesel have exceeded that of petrol,” he said.
“When the Congress was in power in 2014,
the price of crude oil was 104 dollars per barrel and the price of diesel was
Rs 63 per litre. Now, crude oil is hardly 40 dollars per barrel but still the
price of diesel has reached Rs 80,” he said, demanding an explanation from the
Modi government.
Congress
leader Daman Thind Bajwa said businesses had been badly affected due to
Covid-19 over the past three months but the government of India had hiked
petrol and diesel prices instead of helping the citizens.“The hike in diesel
prices will directly affect farmers, who are already under debt, during the
paddy season,” Bajwa said.
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