Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Indore Congress Workers Protest Inflation With Sugar Loans, Tea Stalls
Congress workers in Indore held protests because they say everyday goods have become too expensive.
They held demonstrations at 24 places on Thursday.
At some locations, they pretended to give people loans to buy sugar.
At other locations, they opened tea stalls.
The workers said sugar, cooking gas and electricity prices had increased.
City Congress president Chintu Choukse blamed the central and state governments.
The protests also included marches, cooking bread on a roadside stove and handing out sugar packets.
The events took place across several assembly constituencies in Indore.
Indore Congress workers held coordinated anti-inflation protests at 24 locations on Thursday.
Workers symbolically offered loans to buy sugar and opened tea stalls at some protest sites.
City Congress president Chintu Choukse blamed central and state governments for rising essential-item prices.
Protests highlighted higher prices for sugar, cooking gas, electricity and other necessities.
Demonstrations included processions, sugar distribution, symbolic cooking, roadside sit-ins and an inflation effigy across Indore constituencies.
- Who
- Indore workers of the Congress party, led locally by City Congress president Chintu Choukse.
- What
- Coordinated protests against rising inflation, including symbolic sugar loans, tea stalls, processions and sugar distribution.
- When
- Thursday; the articles do not provide a specific date.
- Where
- Twenty-four locations across Indore, Madhya Pradesh, including Banganga, Rajwada, Mhow Naka and several assembly constituencies.
- Why
- The Congress workers said rising prices of sugar, cooking gas, electricity and other essential items were making life difficult for people.
- Protesting group
- Indore Congress workers
- Number of locations
- 24
- Main issue
- Rising inflation and essential-item prices
- Items highlighted
- Sugar, cooking gas, electricity and petrol-related vehicle costs
- Symbolic action
- Loans were offered for buying sugar at some locations
- Tea stall
- A symbolic “Gad-Gadkari Tea Shop” was set up at Mhow Naka
- Leadership
- City Congress president Chintu Choukse