Left parties plan nationwide protest
Meanwhile, the Left parties -- who are allies of the ruling Congress-led UPA -- have opposed the move and plan to hold week-long nationwide protests against the fuel price increase from Thursday.
The govt has unleashed economic terror: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party lashed out at the government for hiking the prices of petroleum products saying a 'directionless' UPA has unleashed 'economic terror' on the nation.
"This action is disastrous for the economy and all the claims made by the Prime Minister so far on the front on inflation has been proved to be a hoax," BJP spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy told PTI.
He said the government which has run out of ideas has now unleashed this economic terror on the nation by increasing the prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas.
"This decision is the last straw for the UPA government and the last nail on the coffin of the common man, whose interests it claim to champion," he added.
The prime minister's "shallow" claims of controlling prices have proved to be a hoax and the 'aam aadmi' (common man) is its first casualty, he said.
Rudy also ridiculed the Left parties opposition to the petrol price hike, saying the remarks of the Communists are "hypocritical" as they are part and parcel of this decision.
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Image: An activist shouts anti-government slogans during a demonstration against a fuel price hike in New Delhi on February 15, 2008. | Photograph: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images
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