PRAYAGRAJ: Over two dozen leaders of city and district Congress committee were detained while protesting against fuel hike at Subhash Crossing on Friday.
The leaders assembled at Civil Lines on the call of senior party leaders to protest against the rising prises of petrol and diesel.
Raghvendra Singh, state secretary and in charge of Prayagraj, said, “BJP led Union and state governments are anti-people.
Fuel hike has left additional burden on the common man.” Senior congress leader Kishore Varshney said, “Scores of Congress workers were carrying out a march to protest against fuel hike.
They shouting slogans against the BJP-led Union government.
When the Congress workers reached Subhas Crossing, they were stopped by police personnel and there was a heated argument.” The Congress workers staged a dharna and demanded rollback of price hike.
Party spokesperson Haseeb Ahmad said, “The rise in petrol and diesel prices has left the common man worried.
THE government should rollback price hike to give relief to common man.”