As part of the protest, the Congress used a pair of bullocks to pull a cart, recalling a similar bullock cart protest against rising fuel prices by the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1973 when he was in the opposition. Vajpayee took the bullock cart to Parliament. To the embarrassment of those participating in Saturday’s protest, the cart broke and the Congress leaders sitting on it suffered a fall. Speaking to The Indian Express, Mumbai Congress chief Bhai Jagtap said, “None of us were hurt. But what’s more important is the cause we are taking up and not how we fell down.”Protests by the Congress against fuel prices will be held across the state until July 18.

Source: Indian Express July 10, 2021 13:40 UTC