Democratic Youth Federation of India members protesting against increase in prices of petrol, diesel and LPG in Madurai on Friday.
| Photo Credit: G. Moorthy
Members of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) took to the streets here on Friday to protest the hikes in prices of in petrol, diesel, and cooking gas (LPG) implemented by the Union Government.
The protesters highlighted the recent surge in petrol price by over ā¹3.10 and diesel price by ā¹3.08. These revision had pushed up the retail price of petrol to ā¹103.90 per litre and diesel to ā¹96.45 per litre.
The DYFI members also expressed grave concern over the price of LPG cylinder crossing the ā¹1,000 mark, stating that these combined hikes had created a ācost-of-living crisis,ā threatening the daily survival and the financial stability of the common man and the working class.
The protesters were involved in the symbolic act of rolling car and motorcycle tires along the road to highlight how the skyrocketing fuel costs were forcing vehicles off the road and pushing the mode of transport back by decades.
āThe Centreās policies are directly stripping away the daily earnings of ordinary people. Rolling these tires is a message that if prices do not drop, the common man will be left with no choice but to abandon modern transport,ā said Selvaraj, DYFI district president.
The protesters raised slogans against the Centre, demanding an immediate rollback of the price hikes.
Published ā May 15, 2026 08:11 pm IST
