Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) supporters staged a protest at the city collectorate on Monday against GST, inflation, the university results fiasco and the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project.
The protesters, led by party leader Sachin Ahir, submitted a 16-point application to the Additional Collector, Mumbai Suburban District.
“We’re protesting the State government’s failures in the past three years. Many promises were made but none were fulfilled,” Mr. Ahir said. “It’s becoming difficult to get even basic necessities. From tomatoes to eggs, prices are on the rise. Maintaining a middle-class lifestyle is becoming difficult in this city, yet the government has other priorities, like the bullet train.” he said.
Mr. Ahir added, “The university results mess is due to the administration being too ambitious. They should have understood ground realities first.” Sacking the vice-chancellor helped, but not practically, as many students planning to study abroad were caught in the mess and had to waste a year.” The delegation also brought up issue of bad roads and disgruntled farmers.
