JOIN USOpposition in Bihar protests petrol price hike outside State Assembly
Peeved over the steep price hike of petroleum products, the Opposition in Bihar lodged its protest in its own imitable style when the Budget Session of the State Assembly began on Friday.
While the RJD MLA from Mahua, Mukesh Raushan, arrived at the Bihar Assembly on a bicycle, the Congress MLA, Shakeel Ahmad Khan brought a traditional firewood stove to the Vidhan Sabha premises to protest against the sharp increase in the price of LPG cylinders.
The price of petrol is about to touch the three-digit figure in Bihar while the LPG cylinder, after a Rs 50 hike this week, comes to around Rs 800.
“I started on a bicycle from Hajipur from 7 am today,” said the RJD MLA, who won from Mahua, the erstwhile seat of Lalu Prasad’s son Tej Pratap in Vaishali district.
“Crime is at its peak... All essential commodities have become quite expensive... We will raise these issues in the House,” said the RJD legislator after pedalling over 25 kilometres.
The Congress legislators were equally scathing.
“People have been forced to adopt the traditional method of cooking after there has been a sharp rise in the price of LPG cylinders. The BJP has brought us to this stage,” said Congress MLA Shakeel Ahmad Khan, displaying the firewood stove.