Bharat Bandh Against Price Hike By United Progressive Alliance
- A Call By BJP Manipur -

Imphal, July 03, 2010

The price rise under UPA regime has been unabated. The prices of items of daily use and consumption by common men have increased eroding the household budget. The recent hike in petroleum products like petrol ,diesel , kerosin and LPG’s prices has further burdened the life of common man and made it much more difficult for him/her to make both ends meet. In this current season, when cultivation is actively going on farmers are not yet getting fertilizers. The SPF Government still failed to release the fertilizers even if there is stock in the Government godown.

  BJP believes that it is colossal economic mismanagement and callousness of the UPA Government that the common people are being made to suffer on the onslaught of rising prices. This is despite repeated assurances of the Hon’ble Prime Minister and the UPA Chairperson that the price rise will be checked.  

The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson Smt. Sonia Gandhi few days back released the UPA Government’s Report Card only a few days ago and both have categorically admitted that checking price rise has been the major failure of the Government.  They committed to take steps to control prices.  It is shocking that instead of bringing down the prices, the petroleum prices hike shall fuel the price rise further.  

BJP would like to remind that this is a major betrayal of trust of the common people by the UPA Government at the Centre and the SPF Government led by Shri Okram Ibobi in the State which had been elected to office on the plank of addressing the concerns of ‘aam aadmi’. It seems that the Congress Government has paid only lip-service to the common man and has been playing into the hands of hoarders and racketeers. Still both the Government of the Centre and State failed to control the prices of the essential commodities while the people are extremely suffering even facing starvation.  

In order to protest against this unjustified hike in petroleum prices and the total ineptitude of UPA Government to address this problem, BJP President, Shri Nitin Gadkari has given a call for a Bharat Bandh on 5th July, 2010. Shri Gadkari has appealed to all well-meaning individuals and organizations to support this call and voice the agony and suffering of common people in a peaceful and democratic manner.  

In this regard, BJP, Manipur Pradesh appealed to all the organizations and people residing in Manipur who are opposing the unhealthy and wrong economic policies of Congress Government, to support the Bharat Bandh, and express concern against the Mehangai-Price Rise on 5th. July,2010.

Laimayum Bashanta
Secretary
Media Affairs
BJP, Manipur