Gas, power price hike
It�s an electric shock to the people: CPB
UNB
Speakers at a protest rally of the Communist Party of Bangladesh yesterday said that the hike of gas and power prices has come as an electric shock for the mass people of the country, reports UNB.
This is noting but an electric shock to the people, said eminent columnist Syed Abul Maksud while addressing the rally of left party alliance at Paltan area in the city.
The CPB organised the countrywide demonstration programme in protest against the government decision to raise the gas price and power tariff.
Syed Abul Maksud said the power production cost has come down due to the decline in fuel price on the global market. So, there is no valid reason to increase the power and gas prices.
Actually the government has given an electric shock to the 16 crore people of the country, he said adding, this decision is not only illogical or unacceptable, but also anti-people one.
CPB general secretary Syed Abu Zafar Ahmed said the Awami League government does not need votes to get elected. Thats why they never care about peoples opinion to raise the prices.
He alleged that the government is trying to cling to the power through protecting the interest of the multilateral agencies like International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.
He urged the people to get united against the government to force it to cancel its decision.
CPB leader Ruhin Hossain Prince said the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has been losing its credibility through implementing the government decision to raise power and gas prices.
