Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray has criticized the central government for the price hike issues and said that frequent price hike in essential commodities show that Congress is against the common man and it has nothing to do with their ordeal. He was addressing a massive protest rally organize by Shiv Sena against the price hike in diesel and cylinder prices.
Around 10,000 people, some of them riding animal-drawn carts, Sunday participated in a march organised by Shiv Sena to protest the hike in diesel price and restriction of subsidised cooking gas cylinders per family per year.
The protest march that started from Shivaji Park in Dadar in central Mumbai was led by Aditya Thackeray, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's grandson and the president of the youth wing of the party.
Addressing the rally, Uddhav compared Prime Minister as a 'wax statue' and said that people can't expect anything from him.
Commenting on the Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s controversial statement that 'people have short memory' on coal scam, he said "Shinde has revealed the true identity of Congress by his remarks".
Uddhav also said that there is no point in beating of plates to make a point. "It is the Congress that needs to be beaten (to pulp)," he said.
It is noted that several senior leaders including former chief minister Manohar Joshi were also present at the march that culminated at the famous Siddhivinayak Temple, two km away from where it started.
The march saw people riding bullock carts and horse carts to make the point that the rising prices have left common people with no options. An empty cooking gas cylinder was also decorated and garlanded in an effort to ridicule the decision of restricting the supply.
Women participated in the morcha in large numbers and were seen beating steel plates with rolling pins and shouting slogans against price hike.
(With inputs from IANS)
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