By Special Correspondent
Bhopal: The Bhopal City District Congress Committee on Saturday staged a unique protest at Roshanpura Square against the continuous rise in domestic and commercial LPG cylinder prices and growing inflation. The demonstration was led by district Congress committee president Praveen Saxena and witnessed participation from a large number of party workers, including women activists.
During the protest, Congress workers symbolically conferred the title of “doctor” on the Prime Minister, alleging that the Union government was administering repeated “doses of inflation” to the public. Protesters carried posters and placards reading “Injection of Inflation” and raised slogans against the Centre.
Women participants said the kitchen forms the starting point of every household and the steady rise in LPG prices had severely disturbed family budgets. They noted that cooking gas is a basic necessity, and its increasing cost has placed an additional financial burden on homemakers and middle-class families.
Saxena claimed that the price of a domestic LPG cylinder had risen from around Rs 400 in 2014 to nearly Rs 920 at present. He also criticised the recent hike of about Rs 60 in domestic cylinders and around Rs 115 in commercial cylinders, warning that the party would intensify its agitation if prices were not reduced.
