Gujarat Congress to launch protest on price rise

The Congress will launch an agitation in Gujarat to highlight the failure of the State and Central governments to contain prices.

“Both governments have failed to contain the rise in the prices of commodities and vegetables. Today, tomato is as expensive as apple, while dal prices are competing with those of dry fruits,” Congress spokesman Shaktisinh Gohil said. The government, he said, was “helpless” even as millions of people were affected.

“On June 23, Congress workers will organise an agitation at vegetable and fruit markets in all districts. Subsequently, members of the National Students’ Union of India, the students’ wing of the party, will take out a protest march at universities and in colleges to highlight the commercialisation of education under the BJP government,” PCC president Bharatsinh Solanki told journalists here.

“In the last two years of the NDA government, prices have gone up. Recently, edible oil and milk and dairy products turned expensive and pulse prices crossed the Rs.150 a kg. The prices of most vegetables are ruling at Rs. 80 a kg,” he said.

Leader of the Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela said: “The BJP has no one who understands finance, economy or commerce.” This was evident from the government having lost control over the economy.

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