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He said the Modi government had failed to keep inflation under control and added that the rising fuel prices were also responsible for the increasing prices of the essential commodities. Addressing the protesters, Balwinder Singh Bittu, president, Nabha Block (Rural), said it was becoming difficult for the common man to make both ends meet in view of the rising prices of essential commodities. He also added that diesel was selling at Rs 8,100 per drum while the same was available to the farmers at Rs 13,890. Tribune News ServiceNabha, June 14Members of the rural wing of the Congress in this block burnt the effigy of the Modi government at Dhingi and Dulladi villages in protest against the rising fuel prices and anti-people policies of the Central Government. He said even though the prices of petrol at the international level had fallen to $70, the Modi government was selling the same at Rs 76 per litre..