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Inflation has climbed to 7 per cent. There was a time when the authorities were worried over the impact of rising prices on the election results. Now that political parties rely on money and muscle power to win elections, the hardship of people due to galloping prices of essential commodities do not seem to concern them.

If the Government does not control inflation by preventing hoarding and black-marketing and by encouraging production, it will be failing in its duty.

S. Raghunatha Prabhu Alappuzha

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