Revanth slams state, Center on fuel price hike

Hyderabad, March 26 (Maxim News): TPCC Chief and Party MP A. Revanth Reddy today slammed the State and the Central governments on the issue of hike in fuel prices in Telangana . He alleged that both the state and the Central governments were hiding their mistakes on the issue and added that the two governments were ruling the state and the country only with the intention to loot it completely.

Speaking to media Persons at Gandhi Bhavan , he said that CM KCR led state government had imposed a burden of ₹12000 crores by increasing electricity charges and added that the ruling TRS party was responsible for the power crisis in the state . He said that the state government had owned huge amount of arrears to the power distribution companies as it supplied power free of cost to different sectors. He claimed that the evading of the payment of the electricity charges had caused a loss of ₹6000 crores to the discoms . He said that one side the state government was stating that it is proving free power , on the other hand, it is burdening the people by increasing the power charges .

Targeting the Central government he said that the petrol and diesel charges were not hiked for four and half months thanks to the assembly elections in five states of the country . He mocked that GDP would stand for enhancing gas , diesel and petrol prices in BJP led central government’s rule. He also mocked that the leaders of the TRS and the BJP were holding dharnas on roads after increasing the prices of the power and fuel . Reddy announced that they would hold a protest program on 31st of this month against the increase in domestic gas prices on behalf of the Mahila Congress of the party and added that they would hold another protest program on March 30 of this month at all mandal AE and DE offices demanding the state government to roll back all the increased power tariff .

Revanth said that they would hold rallies at all the mandal headquarters of the state on April 4 and burn the effigies of CM KCR besides holding Collectorates seizing program on the following day. Reddy said that they would also hold a siege program around Vidyut Soudha on April 7. (Maxim News)

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