Kolkata: Left Front (LF) will organise a
protest rally and a sit-in against the hike in petro product
prices here on July 12 in which former chief minister
Buddhadev Bhattacharjee and CPI(M) state secretary Biman Bose
would participate.
A LF release said on Saturday Bhattacharjee and other front
leaders would join the sit-in and protest demonstration near
the Ayakar Bhavan (Income-Tax building) here that day.
Bhattacharjee put in a token presence at a Left Front
protest demonstration a day after the Centre announced rise in
prices of diesel, kerosene and LPG on June 25.
LF constituents attended a meeting here yesterday and
expressed concern at the rise in prices of petro products and
essential commmodities and chalked out a protest plan.
The meeting decided to hold dharna and protest
demonstration in some areas of the metropolis on July 7 to
be followed by protest rallies in some city markets in the
next three days.
LF described the price rise as ''an attack on the
common man by the Centre'' and demanded immediate withdrawal
of the hike in petro prices.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, July 02, 2011, 20:21