Youth Congress protests rising price of pulses
Thursday, 29/10/2015
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Pathankot : Following high rates of several varieties of pulses (dals), the Youth Congress staged a protest here today.
“Till about a month ago, it was onions that were giving jitters to residents. Now, certain varieties of pulses are priced at Rs 150 per kg,” said former Gurdaspur district Youth Congress president Kartik Wadhera.
The workers distributed nearly 2,000 pamphlets in which rates of various pulses were compared to the last year’s prices. The protesters also blocked the Gandhi Chowk area for nearly two hours.
Addressing the gathering, Wadhera said the demonstrations against the rising prices would go on in the town till the prices were brought down by the authorities concerned.
“Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the Centre would create a buffer stock by importing pulses. This is a flawed strategy that is unlikely to work even in the short run. Prices have gone up — urad and arhar dal are now retailing at Rs 150-160 per kg levels — largely because of a second consecutive monsoon failure, impacting production in major producing states. There is a massive shortfall while government imports have so far been limited to a few thousand tonnes,” said Wadehra.
