The Uttarakhand Congress organised a massive protest against increasing prices of diesel, petrol and cooking gas on Thursday. On the call given by the party, a large number of Congress leaders and workers assembled at the head office of the state unit. They formed a human chain from the party office which passed through Clock tower and Darshan Lal Chowk. Addressing the party workers, the Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President, Pritam Singh said that the union government should immediately take back the hike in the prices of fossil fuels. Launching a blistering attack on the Narendra Modi led Union government; the PCC president said that from June 2014 to June 2020, the government has looted 80 lakh Crores of rupees from the public.
