July 29, 2021: Congress MP from Assam, Ripun Bora on Thursday rode a bicycle to reach Parliament to protest against rise in fuel prices. He was also seen raising slogans.
We have been demanding a discussion in the Parliament on the hike in prices of all essential commodities. Being an MP, if we are not allowed a discussion in the Parliament, then, where will we raise such issues, Bora said.
Bora Taking to Twitter further added, “Several protests were taken out in ASSAM against the exorbitant #PetrolDieselPriceHike. But it was now time to make the deaf ears hear, by bringing the protest to the mainland.
I rode a bicycle to the parliament from my residence to protest against the sky high price rise!”
Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was seen driving a tractor to the Parliament to protest against the three farm laws. However, the tractor was not allowed to enter the Parliament premises on the tractor. Security officials at the entrance stopped him as vehicles having valid passes are allowed to enter the Parliament Complex.
Rahul was accompanied by party colleague and Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda. Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala and BV Srinivas were detained outside Parliament for violating Section 144. They were later taken to Mandir Marg Police Station.
Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and West UP across the country have been agitating at three Delhi border points -- Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur -- against the three farm laws that they claim will do away with the minimum support price system, leaving them at the mercy of big corporations. Over 10 rounds of talks with the government, which has been projecting the laws at major agricultural reforms, have failed to break the deadlock between the two parties.
A tractor parade in Delhi on January 26, that was to highlight the demands of farmer unions to repeal three agriculture laws, had dissolved into anarchy on the streets of the national capital as thousands of protesters broke through barriers, fought with the police, overturned vehicles and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort.
