Chennai, February 27: UPA ally DMK today demanded an immediate rollback of fuel price hike, saying it would have a ‘cascading effect’ on food prices at a time when the Centre and states were ‘grappling with high food inflation.’
In identical letters to UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi sought their immediate intervention for a rollback, at least on the price of diesel to ‘protect farmers and the common man.’
He said he wanted to draw their attention to the ‘far reaching implications’ of the hike.
—Agencies