Protests galore, many demand roll back Left for Nation wide protests
Source: The Sangai Express
New Delhi, May 23 2012:
With the steepest ever hike in petrol prices, the Left parties today strongly opposed the move and called upon their units to immediately launch "powerful" protest actions all over the country.
"It is a cruel blow on people who are already suffering from severe price rise.
The Left parties have called upon all party units to immediately organise powerful protest actions," CPI-M General Secretary Prakash Karat told PTI.
His senior colleague Sitaram Yechury said the move was a "criminal additional burden" on people's livelihood.
Leaders of the CPI-M, CPI, RSP and Forward Bloc, who met here, also opposed the move, with CPI leader D Raja saying this was a "prelude to hike the prices of diesel and other petroleum products" .