KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar has said that the cut in fuel prices is a direct fallout of the bypoll results.

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Speaking at a press meet in Bengaluru on November 4, the Congress leader said, “This shows how in a democratic structure people’s verdict has the power to warn the government and bring about change.”

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He said that in several places across the country people had voted against the government and it its policies and it had served as a warning to the party in power. “Reduction in fuel price is proof of the power of people in a democracy,” he said adding that the Congress in its campaign had urged people to send out a message through their vote.

While welcoming the move of the Centre and State in reducing prices, Mr. Shivakumar said it would be inappropriate to describe as a Deepavali gift. “How is it a gift to take away ₹40 and then return ₹5,” he asked.