BJP slams Centre for price rise

Patna: The BJP on Saturday slammed the Centre for price rise and demanded that it should explain as to what measures it was taking to check spiralling prices of essential commodities in the face of a famine-like situation in the country.

Talking to reporters here, Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ravishankar Prasad said, "the prices are skyrocketing for the past four years and the situation is very very bad … now the Centre should explain as to whether it has any plan to rein in the price spiral."

He alleged that the Centre was rubbing salt into the wounds of inflation-hit people. "We have never imagined such a situation as according to reports, the prices of essential commodities have increased three times in three years," he said.

Ravishankar Prasad said the BJP would continue to register its protest against the price rise.

Even the Union Agriculture Minister has accepted there is deficient rainfall and the country is facing famine-like situation, he said.

He said the BJP would continue to register its protest against the price rise and alleged that the Prime Minister had utterly failed to check the price spiral.

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