More than 100 Congress workers, MLAs and leaders were detained in different parts of Gujarat on Friday for staging without police permission protests against the central government over the rise in fuel prices, an official said.
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Laxmi Hebbalkar, MLA, interacts with commuters at a petrol pump in Hirebagewadi on Friday. | Photo Credit:
P.K. Badiger
Congress workers held protests across the district against the rise in prices of petrol and diesel on Friday.
Laxmi Hebbalkar, MLA, visited petrol pumps and interacted with commuters who were trying to fill their vehicles.
She told them that the Central and State governments were raising taxes on the fuels, leading to a cascading effect of high price of all commodities.
She asked the commuters whether this was what they expected asked them to expressed their dissatisfaction with the government and not suffer silently.
Sena mocks BJP over induction of Jitin Prasada; advises Congress to create strong team
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n a shot in the arm for the BJP, Prasada, a Congress leader joined the saffron party on Wednesday, months ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled for early next year. The 47-year former Union minister comes from a well-known Brahmin family of UP.
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In an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana , the Shiv Sena said Prasada, a young leader, was of no use to the Congress and will remain so to the BJP.
The Shiv Sena on Friday described as hilarious the BJP s celebration over the induction of Uttar Pradesh leader Jitin Prasada into the party fold, but also said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have to create a strong team in his party. In a shot in the arm for the BJP, Prasada, a Congress leader joined the saffron party on Wednesday, months ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh scheduled
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