Lucknow : The recent hike in fuel prices provoked statewide protests in several parts of Uttar Pradesh Tuesday with the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) criticising the central governments move.
The SP demonstrators detained trains and put up roadblocks in several towns.
Except for Meerut and a few other places, the demonstrations remained peaceful and symbolic. The only common factor was frontal attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.
The protesters raised slogans against UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
While Left parties had given a call for a nationwide strike against the price rise, the ruling party chose to stage protest demonstrations independently in several parts of the state.
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Lucknow : The recent hike in fuel prices provoked statewide protests in several parts of Uttar Pradesh Tuesday with the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) criticising the central governments move.
The SP demonstrators detained trains and put up roadblocks in several towns.
Except for Meerut and a few other places, the demonstrations