Senior Joint Convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), Nasiruddin Patwari, has strongly criticized the government's recent decision to hike Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) prices, stating that government suffering has now reached citizens' kitchens. Speaking at a press conference outside the party's central office at Rupayan Trade Center on Monday night, November 2, 2026, Patwari warned that if the irrational price increase is not revoked, citizens will have no option but to take to the streets with empty gas cylinders.

The press conference was convened to protest the second LPG price hike within a 29-day period, which pushed the official tariff for a 12kg cylinder to ৳2,060. Patwari urged homemakers and residents across neighborhoods to initiate street protests and blockades holding empty gas cylinders, pots, and pans. He alleged that the government bypassed its own technical committee recommendations and public hearing outcomes to cater to the interests of three to four major importer company owners.