B.S. Yediyurappa and BJP leaders hold placards at the Freedom Park protest in Bengaluru on November 11.
BENGALURU: The BJP held a protest at Freedom Park on Wednesday, November 11, demanding that Karnataka’s Congress government roll back price increases. State BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra said the party would continue its agitation until the government reversed increases on essential goods.
Assembly Opposition Leader R. Ashoka pointed to higher prices for milk and curd and higher bus fares. He said repeated increases had added to household expenses and urged the government to bring prices under control. He said the BJP would raise the issue in the legislature and at public protests.
Former chief ministers B.S. Yediyurappa, Basavaraj Bommai and Jagadish Shettar attended, along with Legislative Council Opposition Leader Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, MP Govind Karjol and MLA C.N. Ashwath Narayan. Vijayendra said thousands of party workers and members of the public took part.
In the BJP’s announcement ahead of the Freedom Park protest, Vijayendra had identified increases in milk and ghee prices and bus fares as issues the party planned to raise.
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