The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India have demanded that the government convene an all-party meeting to discuss about the spiralling rise in prices of essential commodities and evolve an action plan.
CPI (M) State secretary B.V. Raghavulu said that the government had the responsibility to keep prices under control as “its wrong policies imposed back-breaking burden” on the common man while his CPI counterpart K. Narayana threatened to launch de-hoarding drive to unearth the essential commodities hidden by traders. The two Left parties demanded that the government fulfil its promise of enhancing the quota of rice for BPL families to 30 kg and reduce State taxes on petroleum products to bring down the prices.
Chalo Delhi
Mr. Raghavulu and Dr. Narayana were participating in a seminar on price rise organised jointly by the two parties on Sunday in line with preparations for the March 12 ‘Chalo Delhi’ call given by them. They expressed concern over the recent hike in value added tax in Andhra Pradesh claiming that the State government was going against the Centre’s directive in this regard.
Mr. Raghavulu criticised the government for trying to pass the blame of sky-rocketing prices to natural calamities and accused the administration of failing to secure the required assistance from the Centre for floods and drought.
Dr. Narayana ridiculed the government, Civil Supplies Minister Jupalli Krishna Rao in particular, for allowing hoarders go scot-free while cases were registered against the CPI leaders who exposed the hoarded stocks. CPI senior leader K. Ramakrishna, CPI (M) senior leader P. Madhu and others also spoke.
(Courtesy : The Hindu)
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