Sonia expresses anguish over rise in fuel prices

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday expressed anguish over the unprecedented rise in the prices of edible oil, pulses, household goods, fuel prices, saying it is causing intolerable burden and widespread distress. Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala in a tweet said, "Congress president expresses anguish and dismay at the unprecedented rise in prices of edible oil, pulses and household goods. Sonia Gandhi also conveys the pain of the common man from back breaking rise in price of Petrol-Diesel and profiteering from daily increase in prices."

She made the remarks at the meeting of the Congress general secretaries and in-charges of the party. Surjewala also said that the Congress chief also expressed deep concern on the pace of vaccine, placing the need to prepare for the third wave of Covid-19 including protecting the children. Addressing the party leaders, Sonia Gandhi said that party general secretary KC Venugopal has sent four important circulars to all of them recently. "Three of them dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic and the one dated June 7 concerned the rise in the fuel prices." She said that very specific programmes for Congress had been suggested and "I am confident that you have followed up in your respective states".