Newmai News Network
Shillong | October 20
The Congress party in Meghalaya today said it cannot hold any protest against the fuel price hike due to the upcoming by-elections in the three Assembly seats slated for October 30.
Speaking to reporters, Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) chief and MP from Shillong, Vincent H Pala said that it is for the first time in history that the price of petrol has crossed Rs 100.
“We are supposed to have a series of agitations on this price rise and the fuel price rise but (we could not) because of the code of conduct in the different areas in view of the bye-elections,” he said.
Pala also informed that machines have to be replaced because the people who designed them never expect that petrol will cross more than Rs 100.
“That day I was in touch with the engineers, they said they have to change lots of machines because as of now the machines are up to two digits (Rs 80-90) but now it has crossed three digits even the machines have to change also,” he said.
“This will have a very bad impact especially on our people in tribal areas because our main communication is a road so once the prices of diesel and petrol increase, definitely it will impact the common people, inflation will be high, the economy in the rural areas will be bad and definitely it will have a negative impact,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national secretary in-charge of Meghalaya Sarifa Rahman said that the people of Meghalaya in the coming days will reply with their votes against the false promises made by the ruling government.
