Kerala: KPCC chief to observe fast on price hike
Thiruvananthapuram,
Jan
24:
Kerala
Pradesh
Congress
Committee
(KPCC)
president
Ramesh
Chennithala
would
observe
a
day's
fast
in
front
of
the
state
secretariat
on
February
five
to
protest
the
Left
Democratic
Front
(LDF)
government's
failure
to
check
the
skyrocketing
of
pricess
of
essential
commodities.
After a meeting of KPCC executive members and DCC presidents here, Mr Chennithala told reporters that the meeting had decided to observe one-day fast and organise dharnas in the evening in all panchayats of the state.
Though Food and Civil Supplies Minister and Chief Minister had repeatedly assured that the government would take all measures to check the price hike, no effective measures had been taken so far, he alleged.
Asking the government to provide subsidy to Kerala Milk Marketing Co-operative (MILMA) to overcome the crisis in the society, the Congress leader alleged that the state government was adopting a discrimination attitutde towards MILMA, as it had given subsidy to Kerala State Rubber Co-operative (RUBCO), a CPI(M) controlled institution.
UNI