Mangaluru: Condemning the rise in the price of LPG cylinders and anti-Dalit policy of the Central government, District Congress Committee staged a protest in front of taluk panchayat building in Mangaluru on Saturday. The protesters prepared coffee using firewood.

Addressing the protesters, DCC President Harish Kumar said that price rise has affected the common man. The economic slowdown in the country has affected industries and employment in the country.

Those who raise their voice against the policies of the government are booked under the Sedition Act, he said.