NEW DELHI, July 25 (Xinhua) -- India's left-wing political parties Saturday said they are planning to launch a nationwide agitation against "unbearable" increase in prices of essential commodities, following the decision to allow hiking of fuel prices by the government, reported the private Indo-Asian News Service.
In a joint statement by its top leaders, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) urged the government to revoke the petrol and diesel price increase and prohibit futures trading in all food-related items, said the report.
"The increase in the prices of essential commodities, particularly of food items, has become unbearable for the people," the CPI-M leaders were quoted as saying in the statement signed by CPI-M Chairman Prakash Karat and others.
The prices of all pulses have shot up to such an extent, with some varieties priced between 80 and 100 rupees (1.7 and 2.1 U.S. dollars) per kg, that the common people cannot afford them any more, said the statement.
"The prices of edible oil, vegetables, rice, wheat and other food items have also been increasing without respite," the statement said.
The Left parties have decided to jointly conduct an anti-price rise agitation to demand that the government take immediate and effective steps to curb price rise of essential commodities, it added.
The Left leaders also expressed concern that the prospects of drought in many states due to deficient monsoon will further put pressure on the prices of food items.
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