Correspondent
BOKAJAN, Aug 11: Irritated with the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities and the utter failure and inability of the BJP-led govt to put a check, several organisations today staged a protest demonstration near the office of the Bokajan Civil SDO. Among the groups joining in the protest were Assam Jatiyabadi Yuva Chatra (AJYCP), Anti-Corruption Youth Power of Assam (ACYPA), Karbi Students Association (KSA), and All Tai Ahom Students Union (ATASU).
The agitation programme was called by the AJYCP on the issue of rapid hikes in the prices of commodities including cooking gas and food items. They appealed to the govt to take steps to bring down the prices of several household materials so that the poor do not suffer.
A memorandum addressed to the Assam Food & Civil Supply Minister was submitted to the SDO’s office. In the letter, the joint organisations wrote that if the present govt does not bother with their request, they will take up a more extreme form of agitation.
AJYCP CEC member Jitu Phukon, ACYPA’s Jitu Baruah, KSA BDC’s Francies Engti, Mahila Samity’s Debojani Rajkhuwa and many other youth leaders were also part of the programme.