Water cannons fired at Congress workers protesting against railway fare hike

The police resorted to the use of water cannons to disperse Congress workers, who staged yet another protest against the NDA government on Saturday, over the hike in railway fares in the country.

People shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and burnt effigies of the leader.

"We are not expecting a miracle to happen in such a short span of time, but if they cannot combat the prevailing inflation, they should not make it worse by taking such steps," said Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely.

"Before the elections they (BJP) were saying that good days are about to come, and as soon as they won, they started calling their steps as a bitter medicine," he said.

They did not even have a parliament session or wait for the budget to be out before hiking the railway fares. Besides, there is perpetual water and power crisis in the capital and it is just not improving. Where are the good days?" he asked.