With Congress announcing to hit the roads and stage statewide protests on Wednesday against the hike in petrol and diesel prices in Uttar Pradesh, leaders of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Communist Party of India (Marxists) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) also condemned Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s move.
On the directives of national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congressmen would stage protests at all the district headquarters on Wednesday against the state government’s decision to hike VAT on fuel prices leading to its increase, UPCC president Raj Babbar said in a statement issued on Tuesday.
“This will directly hit the lives of poor, farmers and labourers. The Congress has been continuously fighting for the interests of the deprived sections of society and we will register a strong protest over this move of the state government on Wednesday,” Babbar said.
