Congress stages horse-cart protest over fuel price hike in Jalandhar
The protest was led by Congress MLA from Jalandhar Cantonment Pargat Singh, who accused the Centre of burdening the middle class and common citizens with repeated fuel price hikes.
The protest was led by Congress MLA from Jalandhar Cantonment Pargat Singh, who accused the Centre of burdening the middle class and common citizens with repeated fuel price hikes.
Legislators of the main Opposition Congress party and Independent MLAs protested and staged a walkout in the assembly during the address of Governor Lt General Gurmeet Singh to the house on the first day of the budget session that began on Monday in Gairsain.
Opposition Congress legislators on Thursday carried out a march and staged a demonstration at the Porch of the Rajasthan assembly here in protest against alleged compromise on the interests of India's agriculture and dairy sectors, in the India-US trade deal.
The incident occurred near the ticket counter on the first platform of the railway station when the Minister arrived to board the Vande Bharat Express, after attending the International Ayurveda Research Center (IARC) in Kannur's Kalliad
Several Congress MLAs wore masks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while others held placards with slogans criticising the agreement. The protest took place during the ongoing Budget Session of the Assembly.
The protesters alleged that, in reality, the budget offered no relief or even respite to women from the rising prices of essential commodities.
Opposition MLAs also staged a protest outside the House, displaying empty steel plates as a symbol of the state government’s directionless budget, its empty coffers, and the rising debt on the people of the state.
Addressing media persons in Bhopal, Patwari reasoned that if cheap agricultural products from the US entered India at zero per cent tax, the incomes of Indian farmers would be completely devastated.
The protest was held during the single-day special session of the Assembly convened on the occasion of completion of 70 years of the Legislative Assembly’s first session.
The monsoon session of the MP Assembly began on Monday, and the Congress MLAs led by Leader of Opposition Umang Singhar gathered in front of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the premises.
