Congress holds nationwide protest against fuel price hike

Congress on Monday held a nationwide protest against the centre in view of hike in fuel prices across the country. While various state units held demonstrations in their state units, a social media campaign #SpeakUpAgainstFuelHike was also launched by the party. Attacking the Central government over the rising prices of petrol and diesel, Congress President Sonia Gandhi accused the BJP regime of "extorting money from people" and sought an immediate rollback of the increase in prices of petroleum products. She alleged that the Narendra Modi government has increased excise duty on diesel and petrol prices 12 times since 2014.