LPG price hike: BRS Leaders Stage Protest Across The State
Hyderabad, Mar 2 (Maxim News): Telangana ruling BRS party leaders, today staged protests across the state against the hike in the price of cooking gas.
Ministers, MPs, and State legislators led the protest at various places in the state. A large number of women along with empty gas cylinders participated in the protests. The protestors were carrying posters and raising slogans slamming the BJP-led government at the Centre for further burdening the common man with another hike in LPG prices.
On the call given by BRS Working President K.Tarak Rama Rao, protests were organized in the headquarters of all Assembly constituencies. Tarak Rama Rao also took to Twitter to taunt the Modi government over the price rise. “Congratulations to the “Double engine” NPA government on successfully Tripling the LPG Cylinder prices, wrote the BRS leader who calls the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) a Non-Performing Alliance (NPA).
Finance Minister T. Harish Rao led a big protest at Medchal near Hyderabad. He alleged that the Modi government continued to burden the common man by hiking the gas price. “When the gas price was Rs. 400 the same BJP used to raise a hue and cry but it has tripled the price, ” he said. Harish Rao alleged that the BJP has almost lifted the subsidy on cooking gas. He pointed out that during the UPA regime, the subsidy was Rs. 2.14 lakh crore but after BJP came to power it reduced the subsidy every year and it has now come down to Rs. 37,209 crore. The Minister recalled that the price of domestic cooking gas cylinders in 2014 was Rs. 410.50 but with the latest hike, it has gone up to Rs. 1,155. “In nine years, the price of a cylinder has increased by Rs. 744.50. Thus there has been an increase of 178 percent in this period, he said.
The BRS leader said that the BJP government was increasing the price by Rs. 100 after every election. He pointed out that this time too the price has been increased soon after voting was over in Meghalaya, Tripura, and Nagaland. he predicted the price will go up further after the Karnataka elections. He urged people to question the BJP leaders about the price rise when they come to their areas for street corner meetings.
Minister for Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, and Fisheries, Talasani Srinivas Yadav led the protest at the Gandhi statue in Secunderabad in the state capital. As a mark of protest, BRS workers cooked the food on firewood. The ruling party also organized a huge protest on Tank Bund.
In Karimnagar, participants in the protest led by Civil Supplies Minister Gangula Kamalakar raised the slogan “BJP hatao desh bachao” Excise Minister Srinivas Goud led the dharna in Mahabubnagar. In Warangal, government Chief Whip Vinay Bhaskar led the protest. Bhaskar termed the hike in gas prices as a gift to women on the eve of International Women’s day. “At a time when women are preparing for the celebrations, the Central government has betrayed them by increasing the price, ” he said. (Maxim News)
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