CPI announces series of protest against price hike

North East India News published today :
By Hueiyen News Service
Imphal July 01: Communist Party of India (CPI) Manipur State Council today announced that the party will start launching various forms of protest against the hiking of prices of the essential commodities and petroleum products.Speaking to reporters at a press conference at Irawat Bhavan, Langol Iboyaima said that the state council is to launch the protest as part of countrywide protest planned of the opposition parties at the Centre.
The state council, in a meeting today has decided to launch the protest in the state too, Iboyaima said announcing that the protest will be kicked off with a dharna cum public meeting at Major Khul Community hall on July 3 next.
It will be followed by a demonstration rally which only women will participated on the next day, July 4, he said announcing that on the third day of protest series, down to dusk (6 am to 6 pm) cease work strike will be observed.
The party is demanding control price hike, take action to stop disturbances on the national highways in the state, set up and deploy national highway protection force on the highways and ensure availability of essential commodities to the people among others.
The demand also includes supply of diesel and fertilizers to the farmers at subsidies rate and making regular distribution of fuels at the petrol filling stations and reduction of prices of the petroleum products recently increase by a decision of the UPA government at the Centre etc.
Observing that despite the lifting of the economic blockade on the national highways, people are experiencing scarcity of essential commodities apart from getting at higher rates, Iboyaima demanded that government should take up appropriate action to relief the common people for the clutch of scarcity and consuming at higher prices.
He also criticized the UPA government at the Centre for not enabling people relief from suffering due to uncheck hiking of the prices of goods during its rules for two consecutive terms.
He also appealed the people to participate in the series of protest to be launched by the party.Assistant secretary of the party L Shotinkumar who also spoke at the press conference flayed the governments, both at the Centre and State for not enabling in controlling prices of the essential commodities.