Terming the Rail Budget presented by Union Railway Minister Sadananda Gowda as “useless”, scores of Congress workers, led by DPCC chief Arvinder Singh lovely, on Tuesday staged a protest outside the Minister’s residence. During the protest, DPCC chief spokesperson Mukesh Sharma pulled down Railway Minister Gowda’s nameplate and stood on it to express his anger. later, a case has been registered under Section 186 and 353 of IPC against Sharma.
Earlier, the protesters reached Gowda’s Tyagraj Marg residence around 3 pm and raised slogans against PM Narendra Modi and Gowda demanding demanded immediate rollback of the recent rail fare hike. Meanwhile the leaders reached at Minister’s residence for protest without permission from the concerned authorities. The DPCC called an emergency meeting and termed the budget as directionless and anti-people. It then decided to gherao the residence of Gowda. DPCC president Arvinder Singh and ClP leader Haroon Yusuf said the BJP was fooling the people by dangling the promise of introducing bullet trains.