Protest Against Fuel Price Hike: NDA Allies To Hold Bharat Bandh In July First Week

NDA allies would hold a massive ”Bharat Bandh” in the first week of July in protest against fuel price hike.

“Besides all NDA partners, SP, PMK, JD(S), INLD, TDP and Left parties have also agreed to support the nationwide shutdown in the first week of July,” JD(U) president and convenor of NDA partners Sharad Yadav told a press conference here, adding that the date would be announced later this week.

“The UPA government’s routine hike of petroleum products is giving hard time to common man to survive in price war of essential commodities and fuel,” Yadav said.”Just to increase GDP, the UPA government boosted automobile industry that led to hike of petrol, diesel and kerosene prices,” he said.

In a politically sensitive move, the government on June 25 hiked prices of petrol by Rs 3.50 a litre and diesel by Rs 2 a litre, raised LPG by Rs 35 a cylinder and the poor man’s cooking fuel kerosene by Rs 3 a litre.