Congress women wing protests LPG price hike in Dehradun

DEHRADUN: Members of the Uttarakhand Pradesh Mahila Congress on Monday held a protest in Dehradun against the hike in LPG prices and demanded an immediate rollback. They also sought the resignation of Union minister of petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri.

The protest, led by Uttarakhand Mahila Congress president Jyoti Rautela, began at the Congress Bhavan and later turned into a rally. Party workers, mostly women, carried placards, gas cylinders and utensils while raising slogans against the govt over the rise in cooking gas prices. The rally started from the Congress office and passed through Rajpur Road and Subhash Road before reaching Kanak Chowk near the Parade Ground. Protesters later staged a dharna and cooked chapatis on a wood-fired stove, and servedthem to passersby. Addressing the media, Rautela said ,“Women feel the immediate impact of LPG price hikes as they handle household budgets.”