{"id":196364,"date":"2026-03-09T10:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T05:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=196364"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:30:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T05:30:51","slug":"congress-protests-price-hike-slams-india-us-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/03\/09\/congress-protests-price-hike-slams-india-us-trade-deal.html","title":{"rendered":"Congress protests price hike, slams India-US trade deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-167225\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/Congress-Protest-Jammu-US-Deportations.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/Congress-Protest-Jammu-US-Deportations.jpg 870w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/Congress-Protest-Jammu-US-Deportations-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/Congress-Protest-Jammu-US-Deportations-768x340.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress staged a protest against the hike in LPG cylinder prices and criticized the India-US trade deal, stating it would harm the economy and common people.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest, initially a rally organized by Congress on International Women&#8217;s Day, turned into a demonstration against the price increase. Congress leaders Tariq Hamid Karra and Raman Bhalla led the protest, calling the decisions &#8220;cruel&#8221; and insensitive to ordinary families.<\/p>\n<p>Karra slammed the India-US trade deal, saying it prioritized US interests. The party expressed concern over the impact on agriculture, dairy sectors, and rural households relying on LPG cylinders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress staged a protest against the hike in LPG cylinder prices and criticized the India-US trade deal, stating it would harm the economy and common people. According to Kashmir Media Service, the protest, initially a rally organized by Congress on International Women&#8217;s Day, turned into a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":167225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-protests"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/02\/Congress-Protest-Jammu-US-Deportations.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196364"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196365,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196364\/revisions\/196365"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}