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Widespread protest against fuel price hike

Thiruvananthapuram: The hike in the prices of petrol and diesel has started fuelling a series of protests in the State. The State unit of the BJP stole a march over the other political parties by organising the first protest on Friday. It organised demonstrations at the panchayat-level throughout the State as part of the protest.

CPI(M) State secretary Pinarayi Vijayan called for organising demonstrations at the local level all over the State on Saturday. The Mahila Morcha will picket the Secretariat as part of a countr ywide action against price rise in general and the hike in the prices of petrol, diesel and milk in particular on Saturday. CPI State secretary Veliyam Bhargavan called for observing February 18 as protest day to place on record his party’s resentment.

The UDF had issued a call for a State-wide hartal on February 19 to protest against the price rise which would be given an added impetus by the hike in petrol prices.

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