Goa Cong holds protest, demands reduction in fuel prices ANI | Updated: Jul 09, 2021 09:01 IST
Panaji (Goa) [India], July 9 (ANI): As a part of ongoing nationwide agitation launched by the Congress, the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) along with Mahila Congress and Youth Congress held a rally on Thursday from Congress House to Collector Office in Panaji.
The rally was to register a strong opposition against the spiralling rise in the price of petrol and diesel and also an increase in the prices of essential commodities including edible oil and cooking gas.
Addressing the Congress functionaries who participated in the rally, GPCC president Girish Chodankar said that Union Government has accepted of collecting Rs 2 lakh crores in the financial year 2022 as incremental income from petrol and diesel, excise duties and cess.
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