Karnataka Cong members arrive on bullock carts in protest against rising fuel, LPG prices

The senior leadership of the Congress party in Karnataka on Monday travelled on bullock carts till Vidhana Soudha on the first day of the monsoon session as a mark of protest against the price of fuel and gas under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre.

Siddaramaiah, the Congress’s leader of the opposition, and state party president DK Shivakumar arrived on bullock carts to the Vidhana Soudha, commuting several kilometres from their respective homes along with other seniors and party workers.

Hundreds joined the protest march with no social distancing or masks at a time when the state stares at another wave of Covid-19 infections.