NGO Hindu Sikh Jagriti Sena burns effigies of PM Modi, CMs to protest inflation

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 8

To mark their protest against inflation and frequent hike in fuel and LPG prices, members of Hindu Sikh Jagriti Sena, a city-based NGO, burnt posters of chief ministers of various states and the Prime Minister at Jagraon Bridge, Ludhiana.

The protest was led by Parveen Dang, who said that all political parties running governments in different states should reduce their share of taxes instead of putting blame on each other for inflation in the country.

He said, “Inflation is at its peak in the country. The prices of kitchen items, edible oil and petrol and diesel are skyrocketing. In the second term of the Modi government, the cost is increasing in the same way as in the second term of Manmohan Singh government. There is no control of governments on essential items. Thus, we burnt the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and chief ministers of various states of the country today.”

Another member of the NGO said, “It is the responsibility of the governments to control inflation but they failed to perform their task. The ruling and opposition parties are fooling people by burning effigies of each other. Instead of exploiting the common man, the governments must take steps to reduce taxes and control the price hike.”