Congress workers played the flute in front of buffaloes as a mark of protest against the state.

DEWAS: Playing flute before a buffalo to protest the state government's indifference proved costly for the Congress workers and Daily Up Downers Association in Dewas on Sunday as the cattle went violent injuring a few protestors. There was commotion at the protest site as the protestors ran helter-skelter to escape the buffalo's fury.

The Congress workers and up downers were protesting the delay in government nod for operating intercity bus service between Indore and Dewas at Sayaji Dwar. Protestors took to streets and garlanded a buffalo and played the flute before it.

Chaos at site, protestors hurt

While everyone including the protestors and the passers-by were enjoying the scene, the buffalo had something else in mind. In the cacophony, the cattle turned violent forcing the protestors to run for cover.

The cattle hit a few Congressmen and soon there was chaos at the protest site. The injured were given first-aid and no one was serious, said a local Congress leader.

Dewas district Congress president Manoj Rajani said, “We were left with no option, but to highlight to the public how the government was indifferent to the long-pending public demand.” Congressmen and members of the Daily Up Downers Associations have been regularly protesting since past two weeks to press their demand to expedite the work of plying buses between Dewas and Indore. Mayor Subhas Sharma said the state government has approved the project to run intercity buses between Indore and Dewas for daily commuters and the implementation will start soon.

Sharma said mandatory procedures such as permits, work order, bus stands and other arrangements are needed for plying buses and these processes take time.

