On Thursday, the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) mustered citizens at 2,000 localities across the State to press the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government to curb the spiralling fuel and cooking gas prices.
The protests centred on homes and neighbourhoods. The agitators raised slogans against the Centre. KPCC president K. Sudhakaran inaugurated a rally in Kannur. His family joined in.
Mr. Sudhakaran said the Centre had dismantled the fuel price control mechanism. It had failed to cushion the impact of the rising fuel cost on the household budget. The COVID-19 devastated economy now confronted runaway inflation.