Oil price hike: Left parties protest in Punjab

Chandigarh, May 30: Left parties today (May 30) staged demonstrations at their district headquarters across Punjab protesting hike in prices of petrol and other essential commodities during the UPA regime.

Activists of the CPI and the CPI (M) took out rallies across Punjab. Leaders of Left parties slammed the UPA government over its failure to contain inflation in the country.

They also demanded immediate steps to bring down the prices of essential commodities and sought withdrawal of hike in petrol prices.

The protest demonstrations remained peaceful with no untoward incident reported from the state, officials said here.

PTI