Mysuru: BJP activists will lay siege to the new DC office in Siddartha Nagar on Tuesday to protest against the increase in petrol and diesel prices. Party leaders and activists from both city and rural units will participate in this protest.
Speaking to reporters, the party’s city unit president L. Nagendra stated that the state government increased the petrol and diesel rates as revenge for not supporting Congress in the Lok Sabha election. He accused the state government of “robbing the poor and middle-class families” in the name of implementing guarantee schemes.
“State exchequer has now become empty. To fill the exchequer, the state government increased the rate of all products and services. The life of the common man has become miserable,” he said. He also stated that if the state government did not respond to the protest, BJP would continue statewide agitation. The party rural district unit president, L. R. Mahadeva Swamy, and state vice-president M. Rajendra were present.
