Summary:
more-inWith a host of political parties, trade unions, and organisations across the political divide supporting it, Monday’s national-level hartal against rising fuel prices is likely to be total in Kozhikode and other parts of the Malabar region. The hartal, apart from its apparent protest against fuel price hike, is a political statement against the Centre and the BJP. He claimed that the worst sufferer of the fuel price hike was the trading and business community, including hotels and restaurants. This is because the fuel prices, which have been rising by the day for some time, touch every facet of day-to-day life and almost every individual. This means that the countless trade unions, mass organisations, and feeder associations of parties across a wide spectrum of sectors are also joining the agitation..