Shashi Tharoor pulls auto-rickshaw with rope to protest against fuel price hike 

  • Congress MP Shashi Tharoor and other party workers pulled an auto-rickshaw with rope in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.
  • Thiruvananthapuram MP said on twitter “extortionate fuel taxes and the failure of both Central and State governments to reduce their share of the loot”.
  • Over a hundred autos joined the protest under the auspices of Sashi Tharoor.
  • Letting you know, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said fuel prices will come down after winter.  “Price is high due to increase in demand, it happens in winter. 
  • Earlier the Shiv Sena had  slammed the Center stating that instead of collecting donations for the Ram temple, the skyrocketing petrol-diesel prices should be brought down.