Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi protest against fuel price hike

Thursday, 31 March 2022newsdesk

As petrol and diesel rates continue to soar for the ninth consecutive day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday led a group of his party MPs to stage a protest against the fuel price hike in New Delhi.

New Delhi, 31 March 2022

As per news report of The Indian Express, The Congress leaders chanted slogans and held placards demanding a rollback of fuel prices at Vijay Chowk on Thursday morning, as they kickstarted their three-phase “Mehngai Mukt Bharat Abhiyan” campaign. Between March 31 and April 7, the party plans to organise rallies and marches targeting the central government over rising inflation and consecutive fuel price hikes. “In the last 10 days, petrol and diesel price have been increased 9 times. We demand that the rising prices should be brought under control. Congress party is holding nationwide protests on this issue today,” Gandhi told ANI. Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days to Rs 6.40 per litre, PTI reported. In Delhi, petrol will now cost Rs 101.81 per litre as against Rs 101.01 previously while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 92.27 per litre to Rs 93.07.

Source - The Indian Express