According to Congress, the "Save the Constitution" campaign aims to inform the masses about the central government's failures in addressing issues of employment, price rises, and taxation.
Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said BJP's 'Janakrosha yatra' must be against the BJP government in the Centre and not against the Congress government in the State.
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that a protest has been planned on April 17 under the leadership of CM Siddaramaiah against the price rise by the BJP government at the Centre and against the double standards of the BJP on the issue of price rise.
"There are several issues like price hikes in petrol and diesel. They (Centre) only talk about issues that are 300 years old...No one is talking about unemployment, Manipur, price rises or famers. They only want to divide the country. BJP is doing the work of spreading poison in the count
Speaking to the media, Reddy said "They (BJP) started 'Jan Akrosh' rally yesterday from Mysuru because of price rise by State Government...Yesterday, Central Government increased Rs 50 on gas (cylinders) and Rs 2 each on diesel and petrol (excise). In 11 years, Central Government collected R
"There have been fuel prices hikes and LPG cylinder price hikes in the past by the BJP government at the Centre. Now, the toll prices have been hiked. The BJP never protests against these price rises," he said while speaking to reporters.
Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy has expressed outrage over the implementation of garbage cess in Bengaluru by the Congress-led Karnataka government, stating that the "price hike demon" government in Karnataka is draining the blood of the people like leeches.
Speaking to reporters, the BJP leader said, "They are taxing on everything as they're failing to fulfill the amount for guarantees. State government gives in the name of guarantee in one hand and in other all ways its looting the people, we are protesting against it.
The BJP will stage a series of protests against the Congress government in Karnataka over price rise starting from April 2, said the party's State president BY Vijayendra.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Friday approved release of an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners with effect from January 1, 2025 representing an increase of two per cent ov