Congress to run three-phase campaign against price rise from March 31 to April 7

The Congress on Saturday announced a threephased campaign Mehngaimukt Bharat Abhiyaan against price rise under which it will organise rallies and marches across the country from March 31 to April 7Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala told a press conference here that in the first phase of the campaign Congress workers and common people will protest outside their houses and at public places on March 31He said people will garland LPG cylinders beat drums and ring bells to highlight the issue of inflation and seek to draw the attention of the deaf BJP government against the insurmountable increase in the prices of cooking gas petrol and dieselThe Congress president in consultation with the party general secretaries and state incharges has decided to champion the peoples cause in a threephased programme MehngaiMukt Bharat Abhiyaan Surjewala saidFrom April 2 to April 4 the Congress along with NGOs religious social organisations and resident welfare bodies will organise dharnas and marches at the district level across the country he addedOn April 7 the party will organise Mehngaimukt Bharat dharnas and marches at all state headquarters with the help of social and religious organisations NGOs and people Surjewala saidThe people of India have been betrayed duped and deceived by the Narendra Modi government After keeping the prices of petrol diesel gas cylinders piped natural gas PNG and CNG unchanged for 137 days to secure the votes of people the last one week has been a nightmare for every household he addedSurjewala pointed out that the Centre again hiked the petrol and diesel prices by 80 paise per litre on Saturday the fourth hike in five days totalling Rs 32 per litreThe everyday increase in the prices of petrol and diesel as also the cumbersome increase in the prices of gas cylinders PNG and CNG have proved the dictum for the Modi government fleece the people fill coffers he allegedThe decision to launch the agitation was taken at a meeting of Congress general secretaries and state incharges here on Saturday The meeting also discussed the membership drive of the party and the current political situation in the countryCongress general secretary organisation K C Venugopal chaired the meeting at the party headquarters hereAmong the prominent leaders of the party who attended the meeting were Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Oomen Chandy Mukul Wasnik Tariq Anwar Surjewala Ajay Maken and treasurer Pawan Kumar BansalThe meeting comes in the wake of the partys humiliating defeat in the recent Assembly polls in five statesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever