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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12078646" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSd6XSqcQLYxeujPy9eM9l5jmycz_RQQRK0tnPA044gfz-8KQIP" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe charged today that the government  literally led the people down the path of another precipice through the  increase of fuel prices despite them already enduring numerous other  hardships. Addressing people in Ratnapura and Bandaragama, Mr. Wickremesinghe said  that though the government vowed not to increase fuel prices, the price  of diesel had been increased by Rs.31 a litre, petrol by Rs.12 and  kerosene oil by Rs.35 a litre.  Mr. Wickremesinghe said that the prices of essential items would soar  under these circumstances leaving people in the lurch.   He said that  the government had to impose such a high price hike because the Ceylon  Petroleum Corporation (CPC) had incurred a massive loss of Rs.18  billion.  Also, he said that the devaluation of the rupee against the US dollar had resulted in the high fuel prices.“The UNP realised this situation in the past and took alternative  measures as a result. Yet, the government continued to engage  in  transactions with Iran,” he said. DM</blockquote>

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