Congress's DK Shivakumar Rides Bullock Cart To Protest Against Inflation

Faced by the bullock cart protest on the first day of his government's first session after assuming office, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hit back at the Congress party, accusing it of doing nothing on the issue of price rise, especially fuel prices, when the UPA was in power.

Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah, state PCC president DK Shivakumar and some Congress leaders on Monday arrived at Vidhana Soudha in a bullock cart, to attend the monsoon session of the state legislature, in protest against the rise in prices of essential commodities and fuel. Marched towards the Vidhana Soudha alongside CLP leader Sri @Siddaramaiah and LoP- Legislative Council Sri @SRPatilBagalkot and other Congress leaders, on a bullock cart to protest against the govt's consistent price hikes and failing standards of law and order in the state. pic.twitter.com/u33JbBscQ2 Faced by the bullock cart protest on the first day of his government's first session after assuming office, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai hit back at the Congress party, accusing it of doing nothing on the issue of price rise, especially fuel prices, when the UPA was in power. "They should have done it (protest) when the UPA government was in power. Fuel prices went up 100 per cent when the UPA was in power. If they had protested when the UPA government was there, it would have meant something. I'm sure they will raise it in the Assembly, I will answer there," Mr Bommai said in response to a question on the protest.