"On top of the food inflation at nearly 17 per cent and the general inflation rate in double digits, the UPA government has callously raised the fuel prices making the burden on people unbearable," PCI(M) State secretary M Y Tarigami said in a statement here.
He said the hike in fuel prices comes after its refusal to take any effective step to curb price rise of food items and essential commodities which is causing acute suffering to the people.
Supporting the 'Kashmir Bandh' call given by Kashmir Economic Alliance, Tarigami has said the UPA government must read the writing on the wall and rollback these disastrous decisions to safeguard the interests of the people rather than playing to the tunes of western multi-national corporations.
