India, April 1 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka is set to launch a series of protests starting on April 2 against the Congress-led state government over rising prices, BJP's state president B Y Vijayendra told reporters on Monday.

"Price rise is the only guarantee that the common man has got from the ruling Congress government in the state... The common man is affected and fed up with this price hike," Vijayendra told reporters in Bengaluru.

The protests is expected to unfold in multiple phases. "On the 2nd of April, the BJP will stage a protest in the state against the price hike... On the 5th of April, in all district and taluk offices, the BJP will stage a protest... On the 7th of April, we will take out 'Jan Akrosh Y...