Karnataka BJP launches overnight protest against price hikes, Muslim quota
Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP launched an overnight protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Wednesday against the series of price hikes and the Congress government’s decision to provide 4 per cent reservation for Muslims in government tenders. The BJP leaders garlanded the statue of B.R. Ambedkar and began the agitation. The protest witnessed the participation of several senior BJP leaders, including former Chief Minister and BJP Parliamentary Board member B.S. Yediyurappa, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, former Dy CM Ashwath Narayan, senior leaders C.T. Ravi and B. Sriramulu, BJP Legislative Council Chief Whip N. Ravikumar, former ministers, MLAs, MLCs, defeated candidates, district BJP presidents, and key office bearers. Also Read Karnataka HC orders bike taxi aggregators to halt operations in state within 6 weeks The BJP leaders displayed milk cans with slogans against the Congress-led government. The party also released the char...