Time to change Modi government, says Manmohan Singh

Congress president Rahul Gandhi kick-started the nationwide protests against fuel price hike by staging a sit-in demonstration at a petrol pump near Rajghat along with leaders from 20 political parties.

. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP leader Tariq Anwar, RSP leader N K Premachandran, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, RJD leader J P N Yadav, Loktantrik Janata Dal patron Sharad Yadav and RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary were among others who offered prayers at the Rajghat, memorial to Mahatma Gandhi.

. Rahul, who returned from the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra on Sunday night, was seen offering water from the Mansarovar Lake at Rajghat.

. Addressing the gathering, Singh said the Narendra Modi government has crossed all limits and now the time has come to change the government.

. He urged all political parties to keep aside differences and unite to protect unity, integrity and democracy.

. “We are listening to cries from every corner, from small businessmen, farmers and the youth … Modi government has failed completely to deliver on the promises he made to everyone,” Singh said.

. “Across the country, political parties have joined these protests against rising prices of petrol, diesel and cooking gas,” senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters.

. Azad said, in a bid to display the unity among Opposition forces, leaders from all political parties have decided to stage sit-in protests near Rajghat.

. The Left parties, led by the CPM, have also called for an all-India bandh to protest against the slowdown of the economy due to rising fuel prices, agrarian crisis, inflation and unprecedented fall of the rupee. A joint protest of the Left parties is being held at the Jantar Mantar.

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Time to change Modi government, says Manmohan Singh

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