
Toughening its stand on the hike in prices of petrol and diesel, the CPI-M on Thursday demanded a complete rollback and said it would be observing June 13 as 8216;National Protest Day8217; along with four other regional parties.
8216;8216;The central committee has discussed a resolution on petrol price hike and strongly opposed it. We want a total rollback,8217;8217; party central committee member Neelotpal Basu told reporters on the first day of the three-day meet.
When reminded that the Prime Minister is understood to have firmly ruled out any rollback, Basu said, 8216;8216;We are not talking about what the Government feels or says. When a popular movement builds up against the decision the Government has to budge and agree to what people say is right.8217;8217;
CPI-M and other Left parties would be joined by Telugu Desam, Assam Gana Parishad, Samajwadi Party and Rashtriya Lok Dal on June 13 during the nationwide strike, he said.
8216;8216;Our coming together is limited only to the point of launching a joint fight against the policies of the Centre,8217;8217; Basu said, adding that he did not see any chances of revival of a third front.