The police arrested more than 300 cadre of Communist Party of India (CPI) in Coimbatore city on Tuesday when they staged a protest against the ‘anti-people’ policies of the Central government. The cadre called for dismissal of the BJP government. The CPI has called for three-day State-wide protest from September 12 against the BJP government in the Centre.
The protestors said cooking oil prices had tripled, prices of petrol and diesel had crossed ₹100 a litre, and domestic LPG price was ₹1,240 a cylinder. Only in India, petroleum products attracted 260% taxes, they claimed.
