Prayagraj,

15 May (HS): The City Congress Committee members have strongly condemned the

hike in petrol, diesel and CNG prices across the country. During a meeting held

this afternoon at the party office in Chowk under the president ship of City

President Fuzail Hashmi, leaders stated that the rise in fuel prices would

increase transportation costs, which in turn would affect freight charges,

ration supplies, vegetables, and other daily essential commodities.

Congress

leaders held the Prime Minister’s foreign policies responsible for the sudden

situation and expressed concern that prices of petroleum products may rise

further in the coming days. Among those present were former UP Congress

Committee spokesperson Kishore Varshney, Coordinator Harikesh Tripathi, Mukund

Tiwari, Parvez Siddiqui, Manas Shukla, Afroz Ahmad, Anoop Tripathi,

spokesperson Shahnawaz Qureshi, Dr. A.D. Dubey, Nayan Kushwaha, Rajkumar

Shukla, Ishtiyaq Ahmad, Sushmita Yadav, Rakesh Srivastava, Sartaj Mohammad,

Pratima Tripathi, Mohammad Javed, Sachin Kushwaha, Rakesh Patel, and others.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi