BJP members staged protests in Hubballi and Dharwad on Friday against the Congress government. They condemned the recent hikes in bus fares and milk prices, saying these burdens hurt poor families. Protesters even collected money as a symbolic gesture, urging the government to reconsider these policies and help the common people.
Members of BJP staged protests in Hubballi and Dharwad on Friday, condemning the Congress government's decision to increase bus fares and milk prices, alleging that the hikes would burden the poor and middle-class families
Members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged protests in Hubballi and Dharwad on Friday, condemning the Congress government's decision to increase bus fares and milk prices, alleging that the hikes would burden the poor and middle-class families.
In Hubballi, the BJP Yuva Morcha of the Hubballi-Dharwad East Assembly constituency, led by its president Praveen Kubasad, took out a protest march from Shivaji Chowk through Maratha Galli to Ganeshpet Circle. Protesters raised slogans against the State government and burnt an effigy of Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar.
Mr. Menasinakai said the protesters had collected ₹490 by seeking alms as a symbolic protest against the price hikes. The amount would be remitted to the State government's treasury through the Hubballi tahsildar, he said.
BJP's Hubballi-Dharwad East unit president Manjunath Katakar urged the government to respond to people's concerns and pursue policies in their interest.
In Dharwad, the BJP's Hubballi-Dharwad West Assembly constituency unit staged a protest at Maharana Pratap Singh Circle near the old bus stand.
He also alleged that the government was considering an increase in stamp duty.
Former mayors Shivu Hiremath and Jyoti Patil, municipal councillors and several BJP leaders and workers participated in the protest.