Demanding immediate rollback of power tariff hike in Uttar Pradesh, Opposition parties in the state on June 10 staged protests in different parts of the state and submitted memorandums to the Governor. Led by former UPCC president and MLA from Lucknow Cant, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Congress workers staged dharna and burnt effigy of the government.
They also handed over a memorandum to Governor B L Joshi demanding immediate roll back of the "anti-people decision." The Congress leader said her party would continue to oppose the Samjwadi government's decision to burden the people with the 26 per cent tariff hike.
The BJP's city unit led by former MLA Vidya Sagar Gupta held a protest before the power department office and similarly submitted a memorandum to the Governor.