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Debjit Mukherjee: The Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed protests by opposition members over imposition of GST on certain packaged food items and on the issue of price rise.
The Congress on Tuesday held a protest over the issue of price rise in Parliament complex here, a day after the Goods and Services Tax on packaged food items such as milk and curd came into force.
Besides Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, some opposition MPs including Supriya Sule of the NCP, Ram Gopal Yadav of the Samajwadi party and Priyanka Chaturvedi of the Shiv Sena were present during the protest which was held in front of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament complex.
Raising slogans against the government, the Congress members demanded a rollback in prices of LPG.
They also held banners and placards which read that “high inflation, continuous price rise badly affecting common people”.
Congress MPs from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha participated in the protest.
They included leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
