Former Chief Minister and general secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC), Harish Rawat continued his agitation against the rising prices of fuel by participating in a protest outside a petrol pump on Wednesday. Rawat attended a programme of the Kisan Congress on the day.
The workers of Kisan Congress congregated at a petrol pump located on EC road. Speaking on the occasion, Rawat said that increasing prices of petrol and diesel would have a cascading effect on prices of all essential commodities.
He however declared that on request of Uttarakhand CM, Trivendra Singh Rawat, he is suspending all his programmes. The CM had asked Harish Rawat to refrain from politics at this point of time and help in anti Covid-19 operations.
The Vice President of All India Kisan Congress Committee Surendra Solanki, state president of Kisan Congress Sushil Rathi, Vice President Jot Singh Bisht, Kedarnath MLA Manoj Rawat and other Congress leaders took part.