The Uttarakhand unit of Congress party has decided to intensify its agitation against the spiralling prices of diesel and petrol. The party would undertake a mass contact programme in the state and inform people about the increase in the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas and its consequence.
On Wednesday the Vice President of Uttarakhand Congress, Surya Kant Dhasmana told the media persons at the Rajiv Bhawan that the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Pritam Singh has declared a plan of agitation on the issue. As per the plan the Congress would hold protests at petrol pumps on every Monday starting from July 6.
Dhasmana said that the Congress leaders and workers would form small groups of seven people and hold protests at the petrol pumps in all parts of the state.
