Congress leaders take tonga ride to Assembly to protest price hike


Bengaluru, Sep 24 (IANS): Continuing with the protest against the fuel and daily commodities' price hike, the Karnataka Congress on Friday staged a 'tonga' protest in Bengaluru.

The Congress leaders of both the Houses of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council, reached the Vidhana Soudha on tongas. (A tonga or tanga is a light carriage or curricle drawn by one horse used for transportation in the Indian subcontinent).

Karnataka Congress President D.K. Shivakumar, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council S.R. Patil led the protest on tongas with their supporters. Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah, though belonging to rival camps, sat on the same tonga and led the protest together.

The tonga protest rally started from the Congress party office on the Queen's Road. The protest was organised to draw the attention of the state as well as the Central government on the fuel price hike.

The Congress in Karnataka had organised a bullock cart protest rally on the first day of the Assembly session followed by the bicycle protest rally to highlight the plight of the common man in the backdrop of the price hike of fuel and daily commodities.

Siddaramaiah described the price rise as 'criminal loot' quoting former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had replied with statistics and said the inflation rate was more under the Congress and UPA governments' rule. He retaliated with the phrase 'Congress loot'.

Shivakumar charged that the government was so thick-skinned that even after being called a 'pickpocket' government, it is not even responding.

 

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Jeevan, Kudlaa

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    Who cares ??? Came in tonga Vapas in mercedes..lol

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  • sense_shetty, Mangalore

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    Come in Merecedez and them ride the Tonga .. This is animal cruelty

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  • mohan prabhu, mangalore/canada

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    pokkade show. Next antic should be walking bare feet to Vidhan Soudha carrying a banner. Will do them good, reduce their fat!

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  • Sharath Kumar, Mulky / Aikala

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    Good job by KPPC Veterans. I support you guys. Jai Congress.

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  • Dylan, Mangalore

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    Maintaining a tonga is no child's play. When petrol, diesel and gas prices rise everything rises even maintaining a horse. They should come walking it would be good keeps them healthy and fit.

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    nothing is going to happen my friends from Congress. ..wait till 2023 and then just whitewash this bacchali govt..baad mein jo tumko chahiye gareebon keliye woh karo..

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  • Jeevan, Kudlaa

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    I told you, we voted in 2014, 2019 and vote in 2024... Jai ho Modiji, Amith shah and Yogiji

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  • R Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    Today Siddha has fixed his Dhoti tight. The other day in the Assembly it had dropped like and he resembled his leader almost with a similar Dhoti in Tirupathi. . REMEMBER? Is that leader also coming? What Tonga Gonga?? KPCC president should first sell of all his cars, fleet of them before this Tonga Wonga.... Nonsense, all of them have cars which consume 1litre for 5 kms or so... such luxurious ones... What about Sidaas Mercedes received as a gift? Still there?? Who these people trying to gool... Looters Lot...

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Thane

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    Mamu - You should not comment on the contents of Dhoti ...

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  • R Bhandarkar, Mangaluru

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    Tell me the content of your comment now?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Thane

    Fri, Sep 24 2021

    Where is the Donkey ...

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