By Political Correspondent | Tripura 24.in
AGARTALA | May 25, 2026
AGARTALA: Venturing onto the streets to channel the growing public anger over volatile fuel markets, the CPIM Ramnagar Regional Committee organized a high-voltage street corner meeting on Monday evening. The political rally was staged at the busy Lake Choumuhani Market hub in Agartala, drawing massive crowds of daily commuters, market traders, and local shoppers who paused to support the agitation.
The left-front leaders targeted the ruling administration over the fact that fuel prices have broken records four times within a single week, shattering the backbone of lower and middle-income families on the very first day of the workweek.
A Relentless Weekly Onslaught on Common Household Budgets
The street meeting was organized immediately following Monday’s steep fuel hike, which pushed retail petrol prices beyond ₹104 per litre and diesel past ₹93 per litre in Agartala. Left leaders pointed out that this rapid succession of price adjustments has left the public completely helpless.
Key Structural Concerns Raised at the Lake Choumuhani Rally:
- Four Hikes in Seven Days: The speakers presented a timeline showing how oil marketing companies have continuously squeezed the retail market with overlapping price revisions within a one-week window.
- The Elite-Citizen Divide: The opposition slammed ministers and elected representatives, pointing out that political leaders remain unaffected by inflation due to their high salaries, government vehicles, and state-funded fuel allowances.
- The Transportation Crisis: Protesters questioned whether ordinary working-class citizens would soon be forced to abandon their two-wheelers and commercial vehicles entirely.
“Ministers with Fat Salaries Don’t Feel the Pinch”: CPIM Leadership
Addressing the gathering surrounded by vegetable vendors and daily wage earners, senior CPIM Ramnagar unit executives stated that the current administration is totally disconnected from the ground realities of the working class.
”Look at the absolute irony of our system. On the very first day of the week, the government gifts the public another massive price hike. Our ministers, MLAs, and top leaders sit comfortably because their salaries are massive and their fuel is paid for by the taxes collected from the poor. But where will the common citizen go? How is a retail shopkeeper, a delivery rider, or a school teacher supposed to survive when petrol prices jump four times in a single week?
Are they expecting the common public to throw away their motorbikes and switch to bicycles to go to work? This relentless inflation is destroying families. If the government does not immediately roll back these unfair taxes and control fuel prices, the working class will bring this city to a complete standstill,” a senior CPIM Ramnagar regional leader announced to the crowd.
The day-long street corner agitation concluded with local CPIM cadres distributing leaflets to auto-rickshaw drivers and small traders, urging them to build a unified, multi-sector civil protest across the capital city to demand immediate economic relief.
