Bihar bandh on July 10 to protest fuel price hike: Ram Vilas Paswan

RJD and LJP will organise a statewide bandh in Bihar on July 10 to protest the hike in fuel prices, LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan said today.

"Petroleum price hike will raise the price of various commodities. UPA government at the Centre and the state government led by chief minister Nitish Kumar are responsible for the price rise, inflation which compound the miseries of the poor people," he he told reporters here.

Paswan today said his party and RJD will kick off joint poll campaign on June 29 after their inaugural meeting at Begusarai.

Cancelling his birth day function on July 5 in view of the death of the former union minister and MP from Banka, Digvijay Singh, he said, "LJP workers will observe the day as Sankalp Diwas and take a pledge to oust NDA government from power in the state."