[Marxistindia] Withdraw Price Hike on LPG Cylinders

[news from the cpi(m)]

March 8, 2026

 


Press Statement



 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Withdraw Price Hike on LPG Cylinders

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its strong opposition to the steep
hike in prices of both domestic as well as commercial gas cylinders.


The cruel hike of Rs. 60/- for domestic consumers does not spare even the
poor beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme. The hike in the prices of
commercial cylinders by Rs. 114.50 will also ultimately be passed on to the
consumers. Together they will impose greater burdens on middle-class and
working people who are already reeling under relentless price rise and
shrinking real incomes. 

 

The refusal to forego revenue from taxes on cylinders exposes the
anti-people nature of the government. 

 

The Modi government's hypocritical attempt to defend this gas price increase
by invoking the West Asian conflict is nothing but a crude attempt to
whitewash its own culpability. In reality, it reflects the government's
capitulation before the war-mongering policies of the Trump administration
and its readiness to serve US global hegemonic interests while ignoring the
interests of our country and its people.

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demands the
immediate withdrawal of the increase made in the prices of LPG cylinders. 

 

 

 

Muralidharan

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office

 

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