NCP to hold dharna on price hike

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 17:53 [IST]

Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26 (UNI) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Kerala will organise dharna in all districts in protest against the price hike, uncertainty in self financing professional colleges and deteriorating law and order situation in the state.

The NCP will stage dharna before the State Secretariat and District Collectorates on Wednesday against the government's 'anti-people policies,' NCP Kerala President K Muraleedharan said in a statement here.

The agitation at the Secretariat would be inaugurated by senior leader K Karunakaran, he said.

UNI

Topics: AGITATION-KERALA-NCP

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