New Delhi, July 19 (UNI) Opposition MPs staged a protest at the Parliament House against the price rise, on the second day of the ongoing Monsoon Session. Several Opposition MPs including Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikar- jun Kharge, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, CPI MP Binoy Viswam along with several other MPs staged a protest near the Gandhi statue in the Parliament House.
MPs carried placards and raised slogans against the hike in cooking gas prices and inflation in prices of essential commodities.
On Monday, the first day of the Monsoon Session, the Opposition forced adjournment in the Rajya Sabha over the GST hike. Price rise is among the major issues that the Opposition has sought to discuss, along with other issues like the Agnipath scheme, the India-China border situation, and the privatization of banks.