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Petrol price hike fuels protest


May 27, 2012

People across the country are agitated over the recent steep hike of prices of petrol by the Oil Marketing Companies, which has burnt the common man’s pocket.

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Audio:Poor petropolitics [Tamil: Mosamaana petroliya arasiyal] Editorial, May 25, 2012. Translated by A. Kumaresan, present by V.B. Ganesan.
Editorial:Poor petropolitics



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