On Sunday, Congress will stage a “Mehngai par halla bol” protest demonstration against the Union government’s policies and price increases at the Ramlila Maidan in the nation’s capital.
Along with party workers from Delhi’s neighbouring states and party officials from throughout India, Congress anticipates that lakhs of people will attend the protest gathering.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary, K.C. Venugopal said, “We can proudly say that we are the party, which is fighting against this most painful price rise issue all over the country. From 2021 onwards consistently, continuously, we are staging this protest.”
The grand-old party claimed that their protest was occurring in every state, including the south, north, west, and north-eastern ones, at the district and block levels, and even at gas stations. They claimed to have organised a massive signature protest drive throughout India, collecting millions of signatures from people who were directly impacted by the price increase and sending them to the president.
Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, all Congress Members of Parliament, Congress Legislature Party leaders from various states, and Pradesh Congress Committee Presidents were all detained during a protest on August 5 while wearing all-black attire.
“But, we forced them (BJP government) in parliament for a discussion and debate. Initially for two weeks, the Union government did not agree for a discussion, but finally it happened, however, nothing has been addressed,” Venugopal added.
The Union administration, according to the Congress, is wholly callous to the price of LPG in 2014, what will it cost in 2022? The price of the items has increased by 40 to 175%, including critical commodities like gasoline, diesel, and LPG. There is no response if you ask the government a question.
“Finance Minister didn’t say anything and meanwhile further burdening the people with price rise, GST rates of some essential items also have been increased. We demanded a rollback of GST price, nothing has happened,” the AICC General Secretary said.
The grand old party said, “We are the country’s leading responsible opposition party, and we have been protesting this price increase on the streets and in police stations for the past year due to the bad economic strategy of this Union government. One of the most crucial days for this subject is tomorrow.”
“Entire country is going to see the reflection of the pain of the common man due to bad economic policies of the Modi government. They (BJP government) are not bothered about all these things, they are only concerned with buying MLAs, toppling governments, and there is only one point agenda for this government, nothing else. Therefore, this issue, we are going to take forward,” the Congress added.
