CPI holds rally to protest price rise
The Chandigarh unit of the Communist Party of India (CPI) held a mass procession to protest against the rising prices of essential commodities. CPI members and union workers participated in the procession that started from the Nehru Park in Sector 22. The procession culminated at the office of the deputy commissioner in Sector 17 with a rally. "The steep hike in the prices of essential commodities like flour, pulses, rice, milk and kerosene has put them beyond the reach of the common man,' Bant Singh Brar, member of the national council of CPI said.