CPN UML Criticizes Government Over Price Hikes Amidst Festival Season

Kathmandu. CPN UML has stated that the government has failed to control the price hike of daily essential goods as the festivals approach. A press note issued by UML Publicity and Publication Department Chief Niraj Acharya on Wednesday alleged that the government is engaged in diversionary politics to cover up its failures and weaknesses instead of providing relief to the public. Acharya claimed that the government has failed in the supply and management of daily essential goods and in controlling black marketeering. He said, 'Prices are increasing in a way that breaks the backs of the public as the cultural...