Congress workers, led by the chief of the party’s Delhi unit Arvinder Singh lovely, on Saturday protested here against the Modi Government’s decision to hike rail fares. The protesters gathered in West Delhi’s Janakpuri area and raised slogans against the ruling BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“They promised to curb inflation but ever since they have come to power, everything has become more expensive,” lovely said. “They asked for votes on the promise of bringing down prices. But now that they are in power, they failed to prove themselves. Is this why people voted for them,” he said. Police had to use water cannons to disperse the crowd as it tried to break the barricades.
The protest resulted in traffic jams on many arterial roads, in and around the area. lovely added the party will launch a rail roko agitation.The Indian Youth Congress also organised a demonstration against the rail fare hike and held a protest march from Raisina Road to the Rail Bhavan.