Karnataka: Congress leaders take out cycle rally to protest hike in fuel prices
Bengaluru: Congress leaders and activists on Monday, staged a cycle rally from the KPCC office to Vidhana Soudha protesting the price hike in fuel and essential commodities.
Leader of the opposition in Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah, who spoke to reporters, said that married women were selling their wedding chains due to rising prices. He accused the central government of not responding to the problem of the people.
Under the leadership of KPCC President D. K. Shivakumar, S. R. Patil, former ministers from the Congress party, MLAs, and Assembly members participated in the cycle rally, which was taken out from KPCC Office in Queen’s Road in Bengaluru to Vidhana Soudha.
Live from KPCC to Vidhana Soudha https://t.co/o7BQG8BAcl
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Owaisi seeks independent probe into cleric’s death on train, calls it ‘transit-based hate crime’
New Delhi: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has written to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, requesting an independent investigation into the death of Maulana Tousif Raza Mazhari, who allegedly died after being assaulted on a train in Uttar Pradesh on April 26.
In his letter, Owaisi defined the incident as a "transit-based hate crime" and raised concerns about what he called frequent attempts to dismiss such incidents as unintentional.
According to The Observer Post, Mazhari was travelling on Train No. 04314 after attending a religious meeting in Bareilly when the incident occurred.
The Hyderabad MP also demanded financial compensation for the victim’s family and a government job on compassionate grounds for a dependent. He noted that the deceased was the sole breadwinner.
According to the family, Mazhari, an imam and madrasa teacher from Kishanganj, was allegedly assaulted by a group of passengers who accused him of theft. His wife, Tabassum Khatoon, claimed she witnessed part of the incident during a video call, in which he was seen being beaten and dragged despite identifying himself as a teacher.
Police in Bareilly said the case came to light after a body was recovered near railway tracks on April 27. The incident was initially treated as a possible accidental fall. However, following objections raised by the family, officials said further investigation is underway.
The case has drawn reactions from several opposition leaders, including Md Jawaid, Imran Pratapgarhi, and Chandrashekhar Azad. They questioned the initial police version and called for a transparent investigation.
