Protesting price rise

Several leaders of opposition parties, including the Congress, who were reluctant to criticise the Bjp-led government at the Centre on Chinese incursions, have now found their voice with the rise in petrol and diesel prices. On Monday, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati said while she supported the Bjp-led government on the China issue, it should reduce the petrol and diesel prices. The Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav threatened a 5-km cycle yatra by party workers across Bihar’s villages on July 5 if the Centre did not reduce oil prices by ~20. Several Congress state units also protested. The Congress's Karnataka unit chief,

D K Shivakumar, who officially takes over later this week, stole the show as he bicycled with his supporters in Bengaluru. Rahul Gandhi, however, issued a statement from the comforts of his living room, demanding the government reduce the prices.