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March 8, 2026

Press Statement

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the following statement:

Withdraw Price Hike on LPG Cylinders

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) expresses its strong opposition to the steep hike in prices of both domestic as well as commercial gas cylinders.

The cruel hike of Rs. 60/- for domestic consumers does not spare even the poor beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme. The hike in the prices of commercial cylinders by Rs. 114.50 will also ultimately be passed on to the consumers. Together they will impose greater burdens on middle-class and working people who are already reeling under relentless price rise and shrinking real incomes.

The refusal to forego revenue from taxes on cylinders exposes the anti-people nature of the government. 

The Modi government's hypocritical attempt to defend this gas price increase by invoking the West Asian conflict is nothing but a crude attempt to whitewash its own culpability. In reality, it reflects the government's capitulation before the war-mongering policies of the Trump administration and its readiness to serve US global hegemonic interests while ignoring the interests of our country and its people.

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demands the immediate withdrawal of the increase made in the prices of LPG cylinders.

Muralidharan 

For CPI(M) Central Committee Office