When BJP and TRS stage dharnas, who should solve people’s issues, asks Congress

Vemulawada: When the BJP ruling the nation and the TRS running Telangana are busy holding roadshows and dharnas in a fight between them, who should take care of the people’s issues, asked  the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee secretary Adi Srinivas.

He was speaking at a rasta roko organised by the Congress party with empty gas cylinders, in a protest against the increase in prices of gas fuel, at Tippapuram road in Vemulawada town under Rajanna Sircilla district on Friday.

"The BJP government that had boasted it was purchasing fuel from Russia at cheap rates is increasing the prices of petrol and diesel again and again. The price of gas per cylinder sold at Rs 400 during the Congress-led UPA term has been increased to over Rs 1,000 by now under the BJP government," he said.

He said former prime minister Indira Gandhi wiped the tears of the women by giving them gas for kitchens at cheap rates. "The BJP is now forcing them to cook with firewood and bringing tears to women by raising gas price."

“Before opening the paddy purchasing centres in the state, the TRS ministers went to New Delhi and staged dramas by conducting press meets and misguiding the farmers. The people are aware of the cheap politics of both the BJP and TRS," he warned.

Congress leaders Venkata Swamy, Kanakaiah, Srinivas, Ramesh, Chandrasekhar, Rakesh, Komuraiah, Sathya Laxmi, Lahari, Bharati, Rajashekar, Pradeep, Karunakar, Santosh, Mahesh, Krishna, Ramulu, Prakash, Kiran and Ganesh were among those present.