TMC activists take part in protest towards gas costs in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)
In West Bengal, petrol is retailing at over Rs 101 per litre and diesel at greater than Rs 92, whereas home LPG jumped to Rs 861 per cylinder.
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- Last Updated:July 10, 2021, 18:14 IST
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The Trinamool Congress leaders and employees on Saturday staged a protest in West Bengal’s Kolkata and Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow towards the spiralling gas costs throughout the nation. The TMC is eyeing to carry extra such demonstrations in Delhi as occasion’s normal secretary Abhishek Banerjee had as soon as stated, “We will go forward to tackle the BJP in different states too.”
In Lucknow’s Hazratganj, the police stopped the protestors who were seen holding Hindi placards that roughly read, “Next time petrol and diesel will cross Rs 200. Now we don’t need Modi or BJP government.”
It is to be famous right here that the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has plan to increase occasion at nationwide degree which is why it has began taking elements in such demonstrations on giant scale to struggle towards the BJP.
TMC MP from Rajyo Sabha and occasion’s nationwide spokesperson Sukhendu Shekhar Roy stated, “Fuel value has been elevated 500 instances since they first got here in energy. TMC is a celebration which at all times speaks out for frequent man first and thus individuals in different states are additionally supporting.” For instance, recently in Varanasi, people were seen raising TMC’s ‘Khela Hobe’ slogan during a protest, he said, adding, “We see protest from TMC in UP is something which definitely gives an indication that TMC getting ready for 2024.”
In West Bengal, petrol is retailing at over Rs 101 per litre and diesel at greater than Rs 92, whereas home LPG jumped to Rs 861 per cylinder. Similarly, the petrol value has crossed Rs 100-mark in elements of Uttar Pradesh.
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