The party workers demanded that the Centre withdraw the hike, saying it amounted to "robbery of the people at a time when inflation was already high"

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said China has built a "superb and unmatched" industrial production system but is "coercive and undemocratic," while addressing IT professionals at Technopark in Thiruvananthapuram. He warned that India has allowed China to capture industrial production while India, the US, and most of the world remain