Jammu, March 24 : Jammu Police on Thursday foiled the protest march by Congress towards Raj Bhawan here. The March was led by JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla along with senior Congress leaders. Carrying party flags and placards, protestors raised slogans and held a demonstration against price rise of petrol, diesel, LPG and other essential commodities due to unprecedented “tax terrorism” of BJP Govt., besides this they protested against the large scale unemployment and “glaring irregularities” in the draft report of the delimitation commission. They took out a march towards the Raj Bhawan but heavy contingent of Police stopped them at Residency Road. The police also prevented the young cadre from forcibly proceeding ahead and the protestors peacefully continued their protest for over one hour. Bhalla attacked the J&K Govt and the central government, saying regular hikes in the prices of petrol and diesel add to the “sky-rocketing expenses” of households. “The Modi government at the Centre and the LG government in J&K are revelling at the misery of the people, without taking any corrective measures, as they were making enormous profits from fuel price hikes,” Bhalla said. The Congress leader questioned BJP Govt on the steps taken to control the price hike. “Why is it not reducing VAT on oil prices to provide relief to people of J&K? If the Centre does not reduce Excise Duty, J&K can reduce VAT, which will help reduce the prices of petrol and diesel in the J&K, to provide relief to the people,” he argued. “The government is profiteering at the expense of the people, it is an example of extorting money from people,” he added. “We urge the Centre through this protest to roll back the increase in excise duty on fuel prices and give the benefit to the people,” he said. He demanded that the centre should provide subsidy on petrol, diesel amid skyrocketing prices. He said BJP government has been making a fool of the people in the name of development, jobs to youth, money transfer to individual account, low petrol and cylinder gas price. VBH RKM