Harish Rawat rides bullock cart to protest petrol, diesel price hike

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Monday rode a bullock cart here to protest against fuel price hike across the country and performed puja’ at a Shiva temple praying for “good sense” to dawn upon the central government.

Resorting to a unique way of protest, he rode the bullock cart waiting near the Ordnance Factory gate in Raipur area along with his supporters wearing masks and following social distancing norms.

Speaking from the bullock cart as it drove to the Shiva temple, Rawat said at a time when crude oil prices had come down everywhere in the world, the central government had increased the prices of petrol, diesel and LPG more than a dozen times hitting badly the transport system, farming and the auto industry.