Left parties stage demonstration against fuel price hike in Nagercoil and Thoothukudi

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The Left Partyies staging a objection  against substance  terms  hike successful  Thoothukudi connected  Wednesday.

The Left Partyies staging a objection against substance terms hike successful Thoothukudi connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: N. RAJESH

Left parties staged demonstrations successful Nagercoil and Thoothukudi connected Thursday, condemning the national authorities and demanding the rotation backmost of hikes successful substance prices, which they said severely affects the mediocre and middle-class people.

In Nagercoil, the protestation was led by Padmanabhapuram CPI(M) MLA R. Chellaswamy.

Speaking astatine the protest, Mr. Chellaswamy said that the summation successful petrol, diesel and CNG prices announced by the lipid selling institution is simply a ‘cruel attack’ by the Modi (referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi) authorities connected the regular lives of people.

Stating that near parties powerfully condemn the move, helium pointed retired that commercialized LPG cylinders had already seen a steep hike from May 1. He added that the hike has pushed thousands of hotels towards closure and resulted successful lakhs of workers losing their jobs.

He further alleged that the Prime Minister had hinted astatine specified a determination earlier by advising radical to usage nationalist transport and trim substance consumption, and claimed that the hike was not an autarkic determination of lipid companies but was implemented with the support of the national BJP government.

CPI territory caput Subash Chandira Bose, erstwhile MLA Leema Rose, erstwhile MP A.V. Bellarmin and different members of CPI(M), CPI and CPI (ML) were present.

A akin objection was besides organised adjacent Chidambara Nagar autobus basal successful Thoothukudi.

CPI(M) territory caput K.P. Arumugam, CPI territory caput Karumban, CPI(M) Thoothukudi metropolis caput M.S. Muthu and different enactment members were present.

Published - May 20, 2026 08:16 p.m. IST

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