Bihar: Congress takes out cycle rally against hike in fuel prices

PATNA: Bihar Congress leaders and workers on Monday took out a cycle rally against the diesel and petrol prices hike. It was a part of the party’s nationwide protest and demand to roll back the prices.
Congress state president Madan Mohan Jha, working presidents Kaukab Qadri and Shyam Sunder Singh Dheeraj, former MP Tariq Anwar, Anil Kumar Sharma and women wing president Amita Bhushan, along with party workers started the rally from Boring Road crossing to Dak Bungalow roundabout.
Addressing the party workers, Jha said, “Even though crude oil price has reduced in the international market, the central and state governments were filling their lockers by increasing the prices of diesel and petrol.”
Recalling the BJP protests when in the opposition, Tariq said, “In 2013, Sushma Swaraj had led a massive protest across the county when LPG cylinder was Rs400 and fuel was above Rs65. Today, an LPG cylinder costs Rs700 and petrol and diesel have crossed Rs85-mark, but the BJP is silent.”
State Congress spokesperson Rajesh Rathore also took a jibe at BJP and said, “I will just request them to go through their own protest videos. They will be ashamed after that. In fact, I am waiting for a Baba (without taking the name of Baba Ramdev), who was so vocal against LPG and fuel price hike and wanted such a government at the Centre which could provide a gas cylinder for Rs300. But they all have vanished and are filling their own pockets.”
The opposition parties across the country have been lashing out at the central government against the fuel price increase. Even a day before, RJD took out a cycle rally in Jharkhand. The party, which is the main opposition in Bihar, also protested in Patna on Thursday. RJD leaders Tej Pratap and Tejashwi Prasad Yadav had hit the road on their cycles to protest against the hike in fuel price.