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Indian Police Use Batons, Water Cannons to Disperse Protesters in Madhya Pradesh - Video

© Photo : Free Press Journal/twitterMadhya Pradesh: Bhopal police on Wednesday used water cannons and restored lathi-charge to disperse the protesting youth Congress members, who were marching towards the Chief Minister's house in protest against inflation, unemployment and rising prices of all commodities
Madhya Pradesh: Bhopal police on Wednesday used water cannons and restored lathi-charge to disperse the protesting youth Congress members, who were marching towards the Chief Minister's house in protest against inflation, unemployment and rising prices of all commodities - Sputnik International, 1920, 11.08.2021
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Last year, the overall Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of COVID-struck India crashed, falling 7.6 percent. The second wave of COVID, which brutally hit the country between April and May, has also hampered an economic rebound. In June, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered the country's growth projection for 2021-22 to 9.5 percent.
Police in India's Madhya Pradesh state used water cannons and batons to disperse Congress party members on Wednesday as they were protesting against rising inflation.  
Congress workers converged in the state capital city of Bhopal. They were chanting slogans against recent economic instability under Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led federal government.  
According to NDTV, the demonstrators were protesting against price hikes, including the sky-rocketing prices of petrol and diesel
Videos emerging from the barricaded protest site show security officials trying to disperse the crowd using water cannons and physical strength. 

​As the second wave of COVID faded after June, economic activities gradually began picking up pace in India. In June, the World Bank slashed India's growth forecast to 8.3 percent, while the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) lowered the country's growth projection to 9.5 percent year on year. 
A man prepares to fill fuel in a vehicle at a petrol pump in Gauhati, India, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. Fuel prices have increased in the last six days following attacks on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.05.2021
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