Petrol price hike: LDF calls for hartal in Kerala tomorrow

May 23, 2012 21:34

Opposition CPI-M led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala today gave a call for dawn-to-dusk hartal in the state tomorrow to protest the steepest ever increase in petrol price.

"This (the price hike) is a cruel blow on the people of the country already reeling under the pressure of steep price rise," LDF convenor Vaikom Viswan said in a statement here tonight. He urged all sections of the society to support the protest.

In a separate statement, the BJP also called a hartal in the state for tomorrow protesting the Rs 7.5 hike announced by the oil companies. Essential services like milk supply, media, hospital would be exempted from the hartal.

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