RJD president Lalu Prasad said that decision to hike the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG was “unwarranted” and added that it would further jack up the prices of essential commodities.
Prasad told reporters here that he had expected the UPA government to undertake some positive positive measures to control the inflation ... but the present decision to increase the prices of petroleum products was “anti—people”
We would hit the streets against the decision, he said and asked other political parties to join the agitation.
“Bharat sarkar ki ulti giniti shru ho gai hai” (the countdown of the fall of the UPA government has begun), Prasad said, adding, a movement would be launched from “sadak to parliament“.
The government today hiked prices of petrol by Rs 3.50 a litre and diesel by Rs 2 a litre, raised LPG by Rs 35 a cylinder and the poor man’s cooking fuel kerosene by Rs 3 a litre.
