BJP, CPI criticise oil price hike

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal"><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The BJP''s Kerala unit on Wednesday flayed centre''s decision to increase petrol and diesel prices, saying it would result in inflation and that the common man would be made to suffer.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">In a statement, BJP state general secretary K Raman Pillai said the price hike was a setback to the previous NDA government''s efforts to control oil prices.The Left Front who had led many agitations against petroleum price hike should now make their stand clear, the statement said.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">Meanwhile, another statement by CPI state secretary Veliyam Bhargavan asked the Manmohan Singh government to review the hike in the price of petroleum products. The steep hike in the price of LNG would put a huge burden on the people, he said.</span><br /><br /><span style="" font-family:="" arial="" font-size:="">Though the kerosene price had been left untouched, the increase in the price of diesel, petrol and LNG would result in inflation, he said in the statement.</span></div> </div>