BJP to intensify stir against petrol price hike
BJP activists today picketed roads at various places across Kerala as part of its state wide agitation against the petrol price hike.
BJP activists today picketed roads at various places across Kerala as part of its state wide agitation against the petrol price hike and warned of intensifying their agitation on November 18 when they would march to the offices of the party's MPs here.Inaugurating the stir in front of the secretariat here, BJP State President V Muraleedharan said the hike has come at a time when food inflation was at its peak. The increase would result in prices of essential commodities going up making the live of commonman more miserable, he said.He said Congress cannot escape the responsibility of price increase by saying the decision to increase prices was taken by oil compaies, he said and demanded that the Centre initiate steps to rollback the price."In the second phase of agitation on November 18 against the UPA government's 'wrong policies', BJP activists will march to the offices of MPs from Kerala here," he said.