DIBRUGARH: Coinciding with the crowning glory of four years of the BJP-led NDA government on the Centre, Congress members on Saturday took out a bullock cart rally in Dibrugarh to protest in opposition to the steep hike in petrol and diesel costs.
The rally was once led through former Congress minister Atuwa Munda, who rode a bullock cart from the Rajiv Bhavan to the deputy commissioner's place of work on the busy Mancotta Road. Protesters held placards and raised slogans in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Stating that the petroleum minister has failed to test the emerging costs of petrol and diesel, Munda demanded the resignation of Pradhan. He warned that Congress would accentuate its agitation if the Union government does no longer take any measure to test gasoline costs.
"Fuel prices in the country are skyrocketing and has hit the common man very hard. Ever since the BJP-led NDA came into power in 2014, fuel prices have been on a continuous rise. Nowhere else in the world is the price of fuel as high as in our country," Munda mentioned.
The rally was once led through former Congress minister Atuwa Munda, who rode a bullock cart from the Rajiv Bhavan to the deputy commissioner's place of work on the busy Mancotta Road. Protesters held placards and raised slogans in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Stating that the petroleum minister has failed to test the emerging costs of petrol and diesel, Munda demanded the resignation of Pradhan. He warned that Congress would accentuate its agitation if the Union government does no longer take any measure to test gasoline costs.
"Fuel prices in the country are skyrocketing and has hit the common man very hard. Ever since the BJP-led NDA came into power in 2014, fuel prices have been on a continuous rise. Nowhere else in the world is the price of fuel as high as in our country," Munda mentioned.
Fuel price protests: Cong takes out bullock cart rally
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