The BJP and the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday protested the State Government’s decision to increase the bus fares from September 1.
BJP State spokesperson Sajjan Sharma alleged that the Government has decided to hike the bus fare to appease the bus owners. The decision of government has added to the woes of the common people who are already suffering due to price rise, he rued.
Similarly Samajwadi Party State president Rabi Behera in a Press statement said the proposed hike would affect common people and student community of the State. “The hike is anti-people and the State Government should roll back the decision,” Behera said, demanding that the students be given 50 per cent concession.