Bantwala:  BJP workers of Bantwal led by the District BJP President K Padmanabha Kottari staged a unique protest   at BC Road on May 24, Thursday against the hike in petrol prices. Kottari and other workers rode bicycles on the streets of BC Road as if to denote that bicycles were the only option in this age of soaring fuel prices.

Kottari who rode his bicycle from BC Road main circle upto Kaikamba later arrived at the Tahsildar’s office and submitted a memorandum to the President of India through the Tahsildar.

Addressing the agitators, Kottari also made a mockery of the UPA government stating it has given a good gift to the people on the occasion of its third anniversary.

Other prominent BJP men who took part in the protest included Bondala Janardhan Kulal, Sulochana GK Bhat, M Tungappa Bangera, Devadas Shetty, Ronald D’Souza, Dinesh Bhandari, Ramdas Bantwal and others.