Thiruvananthapuram(ANI): Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President K Sudhakaran on Saturday said that the party would organise protest meetings on February 28 against the state budget presented early this month.

As part of KPCC's series of protests against "tax terrorism" in the Kerala budget, state-wide evening public meetings will be organized under the constituency Congress committees on February 28, informed a press release quoting Sudhakaran.

"Evening public meetings will be organized from 4 pm to 8 pm. The state is going through a severe financial crisis due to mismanagement in tax collection and uncontrolled expenditure by the government. Public debt has increased. The government is putting all this misery on the shoulders of the common man. Increase in taxes, fuel cess, electricity and water charges will make life more difficult for the people of Kerala," Sudhakaran said in a statement.

He further said that the Congress is organizing evening public meetings to register people's protest against all this, to expose the anti-people rule of the government and to explain tax looting.

Earlier also, the Congress party organised several protests across the state seeking the rollback of the proposal to impose a 'social security cess' on the sale of petrol and diesel.
Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal presented the budget for the 2022-23 financial year in the legislative assembly on 3 February.

This Budget marks the third by Balagopal after he took over as the state's Finance Minister.
The Budget allocated Rs 2,000 crore to check inflation. Despite being a consumerist State Kerala was able to control price hikes and the state witnessed the lowest price rise in the country, Balagopal said.

Petrol and diesel prices will be increased by Rs 2 per litre in Kerala, said the finance minister.