Left and Congress leaders said the protests would be first of the many joint programmes the two political forces would take up in the run-up to the Assembly polls next year. (Shutterstock)The Left Front and the Congress will hold joint protests in all Bengal districts against the petroleum price hike on June 29, it was decided at a meeting on Wednesday. The Left and Congress leaders said the protests would be first of the many joint programmes the two political forces would take up in the run-up to the Assembly polls next year. The Congress also proposed a steering committee to help forge a strong alliance between them and the Left Front. However, the Left leadership said such a committee should emerge out of the joint movements.

Source: The Telegraph June 24, 2020 22:18 UTC