JAMMU: (Apr 7) BJP legislator Surinder Kumar Bhagat rode a bicycle to reach Jammu and Kashmir assembly on Monday to protest the fuel price and e-bus fare hikes by the National Conference-led government.
Bhagat, who represents the Marh assembly constituency, accused the Union Territory government of misleading the public by announcing free bus rides for women from April, while simultaneously increasing petrol price by Rs 1 per litre, diesel price by Rs 2 and e-bus fares by 7 per cent.
The BJP MLA held two placards in Hindi that read, “E-bus fare increased by 7 per cent, petrol and diesel become costlier. The double standards of the government — which give from one hand and takes it back from the other.” PTI
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