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Andhra Pradesh CPI(M) Protests Vijay Dairy Milk Price Hike
The Krishna District Milk Union plans to make milk cost ₹2 more per litre.
The new price is scheduled to begin on September 14, during Vinayaka Chavithi.
The CPI(M) protested outside the Vijay Dairy factory in Vijayawada.
Party leaders said higher milk prices would make life harder for poor and middle-class families.
They said prices had already been increased again within five months.
The protesters estimated that families could face a large additional financial burden.
They also said the increase could encourage private dairies to raise prices.
The CPI(M) wants the increase cancelled and said it will continue protesting if that does not happen.
The CPI(M) held a dharna at the Vijay Dairy factory in Vijayawada on Saturday.
The Krishna District Milk Union plans to raise milk prices by ₹2 a litre from September 14.
Party leaders said the increase would burden poor and middle-class families amid rising essential-commodity prices.
They estimated an immediate burden of about ₹36 crore and an annual burden exceeding ₹100 crore if hikes continued three times yearly.
The CPI(M) demanded a rollback and warned of intensified protests and possible election-related fallout.
- Who
- The CPI(M), led locally by Ch. Babu Rao and Boi Satyababu, protested against the Krishna District Milk Union.
- What
- The party opposed a planned ₹2-per-litre increase in Vijay Dairy milk prices.
- Where
- At the Vijay Dairy milk factory in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
- When
- The protest took place on Saturday; the increase is scheduled to begin on September 14.
- Why
- The CPI(M) said the increase would burden poor and middle-class families and encourage private dairies to raise prices.
Key facts
- Price increase
- ₹2 per litre
- Start date
- September 14
- Protest location
- Vijay Dairy milk factory, Vijayawada
- Organising party
- Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M)
- Estimated immediate burden
- About ₹36 crore
- Estimated annual burden
- More than ₹100 crore if increases continued three times a year
- Protest demand
- Immediate withdrawal of the price increase
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