Left parties plan Agitation Against Price Rise

Leaders of the Left parties, the CPI(M), CPI, AIFB & RSP met in New Delhi today. They have issued the following statement:

The Left parties express serious concern at the crushing burden of price rise which is affecting all sections of the people. There is no respite in the upwards spiral of prices of food items and essential commodities with food inflation reaching a record high of 20 per cent.

The UPA government is adding fuel to the fire by continuously increasing the prices of petrol, diesel, LPG and CNG.

The Left parties decided to conduct a protest campaign against price rise with the following demands:

1.         Stop increase in the prices of petroleum products. Restore administrative price mechanism.

2.         No to Aadhar linkage being made mandatory for delivery of services and subsidies to the people.

3.         End hoarding and speculation of essential commodities and conduct de-hoarding campaign.

4.         No privatization of basic services and conduct audit of those private companies utilizing public resources and delivering basic services.

5.         Ensure universal public distribution system.

The Left parties call upon all its state units to conduct the anti-price rise agitation between January 15 and 31.

The meeting was attended by A.B. Bardhan, Prakash Karat, S Sudhakar Reddy, Debabrata Biswas, Sitaram Yechury and Abani Roy.