Tamil Nesan in its editorial lambasted profiteers in the retail sector for arbitrarily increasing prices of essential items and burdening lower income group families.
It said with salaries remaining stagnant or only increasing marginally, workers, especially in the rural areas, were finding it hard to cope with the escalating cost of living.
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