He served as the Cabinet Minister of Transport, Scheduled Tribes, and Scheduled Caste and Backward Class Welfare from 2019 to 2024.
During the protest, copies of the 2024 interim budget were burned at the statue of Alluri Sitaramaraj in the local jute mill center.
However, this came after the INDIA bloc of the 28 opposition parties conducted discussions in a virtual meeting via Zoom today.