Sri Lanka minor Tamil party leader questions the need of a government that increases prices

Leader of a minor Tamil party in Sri Lanka has questioned why the country needs a government that increases local fuel prices according to rising global oil prices.
The leader of Democratic People's Front (DPF), Mano Ganesan has told the media that it is the duty of the government to govern and manage these situations without burdening the people. He has said that people from various sectors in the country, especially the fisheries and estate sector, have been badly affected by the fuel price hike. Referring to the plight of the estate workers, Ganesan has said that the estate sector workers were facing immense hardships without a Tamil political leadership since the so called estate sector politicians were busy leading luxurious lives. Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister Muttu Sivalingam who is also the Deputy President of the Ceylon Workers Congress, a minor Tamil party representing the upcountry estate workers, has accused the opposition of trying to engage the plantation population in a strike exploiting the electricity and fuel price increase. Sivalingam has said that the government has set aside 200 million rupees this year to provide electricity to the plantations. The government has pledged to provide a kerosene subsidy of 200 rupees per month to the households that do not have electricity yet.