Left front calls Tripura Bandh on Monday

The ruling Left Front today called a dawn-to-dusk bandh in Tripura on Monday to protest the hike in prices of petroleum products.

A press statement issued by the Left Front said the bandh was called by the Left Front committee, CITU and other frontal organizations of the front to protest the decision of the UPA government which is "anti-people and a cruel attack on people" and would lead to further inflation.

"The UPA government imposed the burden of hike in theprices of fuel when the country was facing 17 per cent hike in the prices of foods and other essential commodities," the statement said.
    
The ruling CPI(M), it’s frontal organizations like DYFI and SFI today organized processions and squatting in different parts of the state to protest the hike in petroleum products.
   
Tripura's Food and Civil Supplies Minister Manik Dey said the Central government’s decision to hike the prices of petrol, diesel and kerosene would affect the country's economy.