Roll back hike in fuel prices, says CPI(M)

Communist Party of India (Marxist) has called for an all India protest on May 8 against the escalating fuel prices and demanded an immediate roll back.

In a statement, the Polit Bureau condemned the “astronomical rise” in the retail price of petrol and diesel and said it would have a “back-breaking” impact on ordinary people. It warned that the hike would have a cascading effect on prices of essential commodities. “The CPI(M) demands that the central government should immediately roll back the duty,” it said.