Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar arrive at Vidhana Sabha in bullock cart protesting hike in fuel prices
Belagavi: In the wake of hikes in prices of petrol, diesel, cooking gas, and several other essential commodities, the State Congress leaders protested to condemn the rising prices by travelling in a bullock cart to go to the Vidhana Sabha to participate in the Legislative session that is scheduled to take place in 10 days, and attracted public attention.
KPCC President D. K. Shivakumar left his residence at Sadashivanagar in a bullock cart to go to the Vidhana Sabha. The leader of the opposition, Siddaramaiah also left his official residence to go to the Vidhana Sabha in a bullock cart as part of the protest. Hundreds of Congress workers, activists participated in the rally and supported the protest, and shouted slogans against the government.
DK Shivakumar spoke to the media before commencing the rally and said, “The BJP government has been snatching from the pockets of the people of the nation. The prices of petrol and diesel must be reduced by Rs 25 per litre. The price of the LPG cylinders must also be reduced”, he demanded.
“Propositions against the price hike will also be put forth during the legislative assembly”, he informed.
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SC judges to make their assets public, amid row over cash at Justice Yashwant Varma’s house: Report
New Delhi: The Supreme Court judges have reportedly agreed to disclose their assets to the public by publishing the same on the top court's website.
The decision was taken recently at a full court meeting and a resolution in this regard was adopted which will apply to future judges as well, as reported by Bar and Bench on Thursday.
A copy of the resolution is yet to be made public.
According to the report, the decision was taken in the wake of recent controversies surrounding opacity in the functioning of the judiciary, especially after a huge pile of cash was allegedly discovered at the residence of Justice Yashwant Varma, currently a judge of the Allahabad High Court.
The publication of assets on website was not mandatory earlier but was discretionary subject to whether an individual judge wanted to do the same, the report added.
