Cong to launch stir against price rise from November 14

The Congress will launch a 15-day nationwide mass agitation programme from November 14 to highlight the issue of inflation and price rise.

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal charged at a press conference that price rise is destroying livelihoods and adding to people’s woes and that it has been caused by “destruction of the economy, deepening recession, highest-ever unemployment rate, farm distress and escalating levels of poverty and hunger”.

Attacking the government over the issue, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said the Modi government has proved to be the most “expensive regime.” Venugopal said the prices of mustard and other edible oils have doubled in the last one year.