BANGALORE: State Congress leaders have staged a protest march in the city today to protest the hike in petrol and diesel prices in the country. Many leaders including Siddaramaiah, DK Sivakumar and Mallikarjuna Kharge were involved in the protest.
Former CM Siddaramaiah who responded to the price hike. "We are protesting against the price rise of Petrol and Diesel today. Symbolically, we are protesting today. The BJP has been protesting the rise in oil prices during our period. Modi and Patalom had the same barrage. Crude oil prices were rising internationally. Manmohan Singh had inevitably raised the price then. Crude oil prices have now declined internationally. However, the petrol-diesel rate has been increased. He said the price of oil has been rising for the past 15 days."
Continuing, 'these are people who have a tendency to suck blood. Crude oil prices have fallen in the international market. So we had to pay 25 to 30 rupees of petrol and diesel. Prices are lower in countries other than the Covid cause. What is Modi's disease? the protest is not against the center. Ongoing protests on behalf of the public. Fighting in the midst of Covid is inevitable unless people make a pro-choice decision.
Barrel prices have dropped to $ 30/40 today. The petrol price must be reduced . But there is a hike as days pass. It has now gone up to Rs 80. In Manmohan Singh time even it was135 dollars he did not hike the price. At that time the price of a liter did not exceed 70 rupees. They are sucking the blood of the poor, common man. In six years, the government has looted a sum of Rs 18 lakh crores, ”he said.