HT Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, Nov 20: The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the Dibrugarh District Commissioner’s Office against the rising prices of essential commodities.
The members of the students’ union raised slogans against the government for failing to curb the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities.
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“The BJP government, both at the Centre and in the state, has been turning a blind eye to the increasing prices of essential commodities like rice, pulses, vegetables, petrol, and diesel, which have greatly impacted the common masses,” said AASU Dibrugarh district general secretary Rupjyoti Borthakur.
He said, “Due to the heavy price hike, people are facing problems in running their families. The present government has failed to curb the price hike. We demand that the government, led by chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, take necessary steps to control the prices of essential goods and commodities.”
Our Nagaon correspondent adds: As per the call of the central body of the All Assam Students’ Union, along with the rest of the state, the district unit of the student-oriented state organisation also staged a demonstration against the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities in the state and demanded immediate action to control the prices of these commodities.
Over a hundred agitators from the student organisation participated in the demonstration and shouted slogans against the government for its failure to control the prices of essential commodities.
Our Jorhat correspondent adds: As per the call of the Central Committee of AASU to protest against the steep rise in prices of essential commodities like food items (mainly groceries), fuel, LPG cylinders, life-saving medicines, and other goods, the Jorhat district unit of the students’ body staged a sit-in demonstration in front of Jorhat’s DC Office complex on Wednesday.
AASU state literary secretary Niharika Saikia, Jorhat district unit president and general secretary – Pritom Jyoti Saikia and Riyaz Hussain, respectively – took part in the protest, in which functionaries of Jorhat sub-divisional and regional units also joined.
