A million people to court arrest against price rise: CPI

Bangalore, Dec 26 : A million people would court arrest in March, coinciding with parliament's budget session, as part of the agitation against rising prices, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurudas Dasgupta claimed Saturday.

A 'Bharat Bandh' or nation-wide shutdown is also planned for February or March, Dasgupta told a rally here.

Dasgupta, a Lok Sabha member, and CPI general secretary A.B. Bardhan accused the Congress-led government at New Delhi and the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Karnataka of supporting a free-market economy which was responsible for rising prices.

The rally was held ahead of meetings of CPI's national executive and national council.

The executive met Saturday. The two-day council meet begins here Sunday.