Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers held mass protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday

Striking hard on the anti-people policies particularly the recent hikes in fuel prices by the Narendra Modi led BJP government at the centre, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) workers held mass protest at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. The protests which saw people from all walks of life of joining in large numbers was organized by the Delhi unit of the party.

The party has demanded immediate roll back of the price hike of the petroleum products and warned the central government to mend its ways of anti-people measures. The demonstration was attended by people beyond party affiliations.

Speaking on the occasion, Delhi party unit head Dilip Pandey said that “the policies of the Modi government one after the other are a clear manifestation of its anti-people intentions. First, the farmers were targeted with the draconian land acquisition bill, then they are bringing in FDI in multi-brand retail to affect the hard working trader class and with the price hike in fuels all of the middle class is being targeted.”

“The policies of these government have a clear agenda to benefit few and predate upon the common man,” he added.

The demonstration was led by Delhi secretary Saurabh Bhardwaj, Delhi cabinet minister Sandeep Kumar and over two dozen MLAs apart from Pandey. Over 300 bikes with empty tanks were pulled on the street to symbolically demonstrate the apathy faced by the common man in the wake of the fuel price hikes.

“The rates of petrol and diesel have been increased four times in a year. This hike will make essential commodities dearer”, Pandey said. “We want fuel price rise to be rolled back by the government immediately.”

On May 15, the government increased the price of petrol by Rs.3.13 a litre and diesel by Rs.2.71 a litre.

The efforts of the government which is intended a bid to worsen the lives of the common man and ensure that the poor reels under poverty will be opposed by the Aam Aadmi Party with its full strength.

Petrol price have been increased  by Rs 3.13 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.71 while international crude price have been decreasing for several months in a row is a purposeful decision benefiting few money bags and wealthy industrial houses. This is the fourth increase in fuel prices this year and second in a row in the last 15 days.