Devender Yadav leads bullock cart protest at Jhandewalan

Delhi State Congress Committee President Devender Yadav addressed the media alongside Delhi Congress workers during a bullock cart protest against rising milk, petrol and diesel prices near the 108-foot Hanuman statue at Jhandewalan, New Delhi on 16 May 2026.

Devender Yadav, president of the Delhi State Congress Committee, led workers in a bullock cart demonstration near the 108-foot Hanuman statue at Jhandewalan on 16 May 2026, protesting hikes in milk, petrol and diesel prices.

Fake currency notes were scattered on the ground as a symbolic gesture during the Delhi Congress protest against milk, petrol and diesel price hikes near the 108-foot Hanuman statue at Jhandewalan, New Delhi on 16 May 2026.

As part of their demonstration, Delhi Congress workers strewed fake currency notes at the protest site near Jhandewalan on 16 May 2026 — a symbolic act highlighting what the party called the public's eroding purchasing power amid rising fuel and milk costs.

Delhi Congress workers staged a street demonstration at Jhandewalan on 16 May 2026, scattering fake currency notes on the ground to underline their protest against successive hikes in petrol, diesel and milk prices in the capital.

A bullock cart was deployed as the centrepiece of the Delhi Congress protest near the 108-foot Hanuman statue at Jhandewalan on 16 May 2026, with Devender Yadav and party workers using it to symbolise the burden of rising petrol, diesel and milk prices on ordinary citizens.

Delhi State Congress Committee President Devender Yadav led a rally of party workers at Jhandewalan, New Delhi on 16 May 2026, demanding a rollback of recent hikes in petrol, diesel and milk prices that the party says have hit middle-class and low-income households hardest.

Delhi Congress concluded its bullock cart protest at Jhandewalan on 16 May 2026, with Devender Yadav indicating the party would continue to press the government on petrol, diesel and milk price relief for Delhi residents.

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