FIR against Digvijaya Singh, 150 Congress workers for protest against fuel price hike

Madhya Pradesh Police registered an FIR against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and 150 other party workers for holding a cycle march amid COVID-19 pandemic. The party workers held the march to protest against fuel price hike in the country.

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): An FIR has been registered against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and 150 other party workers with regard to his cycle march against the hike in fuel prices amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The FIR is registered under sections 341,188,143, 269, and 270 of the IPC.

Singh, along with his party leaders on Wednesday, took out a cycle march to protest against the continuous surge in fuel prices and alleged that the hike is an 'opportunity in a disaster' for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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The Congress leaders had started their march from Roshanpura intersection to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's residence.

Speaking to media, Singh had said: "Today, when people are getting infected with COVID-19. Inflation is increasing and people are dying of hunger. The Central government has increased excise duty on petrol and diesel for the eighteenth consecutive day."

"As Modi ji says, opportunity in disaster, for them (Centre) corona disaster is an opportunity to earn the money," he added.

ANI