With the latest hike in CNG prices by Rs 2.5, members of auto, taxi and cab driver associations on Thursday warned officials that they would go on strike from April 18 to demand subsidy on gas prices. On April 11, hundreds of auto, taxi and cab drivers staged a sit-in at the Delhi Secretariat demanding subsidy on CNG prices. The protest was held under the aegis of Delhi Auto Rickshaw Association.
Delhi Auto Rickshaw Association general secretary Rajendra Soni said that their protest against the policies of the Center and Delhi government will continue and they will go on strike from April 18. Talking about how his business was affected by the sudden hike in fuel prices. Soni said, the price of CNG is increasing every day and we are demanding the government to give us a subsidy of Rs 35 per kg.
Soni alleged that in the last seven years, the Delhi government never called a meeting of the members of the auto-rickshaw association. We have written to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal but have not received any response from his office. To whom should we go about these problems? He said that neither the Chief Minister nor any other leader of the government is ready to talk to us. He further said that if their opposition escalates, the governments will start playing blame game among themselves.
Ravi Rathore, President, Sarvodaya Drivers Welfare Association said, “The continuous price hike in CNG is burning a hole in our pockets. We protested on April 8 and April 11, yet the government is silent and has not called us for talks yet. We will definitely do ‘Chakka Jam’ on April 18. Rathore said that if the attitude of the government on this issue remains the same, then the common man will also take to the streets.
The Auto and Taxi Association of Delhi wrote a letter to Chief Minister Kejriwal on April 6, demanding that he be given a subsidy of Rs 35 per kg on CNG. On Thursday, the price of CNG was again increased by Rs 2.5 per kg in the national capital. The price of CNG in Delhi at present is Rs 71.61 per kg.
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