Spiralling fuel price finds an unlikely beneficiary
The Hindu
Every hike triggers demand for Soman’s bullock cart among politicians protesting against it
K.K. Soman, a sexagenarian from Valipadam in Koothattukulam, does not mind a fuel price surge. For, every hike in price increases the demand for his two bullocks and a cart drawn by them to protest against it. And for politicians, they offer the ideal optics for better media coverage. So, it proved the case on Monday when the District Congress Committee (DCC) organised a bullock cart protest against fuel price surging past the century-mark. The two bullocks and the cart were transported to the city on a vehicle with a five-member team to manage them.
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