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Case filed against Digvijaya Singh after cycle protest over fuel price hike

The BJP-led state government earlier this month raised the cess on petrol and diesel by Rs 1 to make up for the decline in revenue collection due to Covid-19 outbreak

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State Congress president and former chief minister Kamal Nath took to Twitter on Wednesday to slam the Centre and the state government over the fuel price hike, saying the price of petrol was highest in Madhya Pradesh

Press Trust of India Bhopal

2 min read Last Updated : Jun 25 2020 | 1:08 PM IST

An FIR has been registered against Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh for leading a cycle protest in Bhopal against the fuel price hike. Police said on Thursday he didn't take permission for the protest.

The 73-year-old Rajya Sabha member and several other Congressmen rode bicycles from Roshanpura square to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhans residence in Bhopal on Wednesday to protest against the Centre and the state government's move to hike prices of petrol and diesel.

They were stopped near the Apex Bank on their way to Link Road No. 1 where Chouhan resides, as they had not taken permission for such a large

Topics : Coronavirus Fuel prices Oil price hike Petrol-diesel prices Digvijaya Singh Bharatiya Janata Party