Congress leaders taken into custody at Dharna Chowk

‘53.35 cr. people have been burdened with rising fuel taxes’

Several Congress leaders were taken into custody by the police here on Monday for staging a protest against continuous increase in the petrol and diesel prices. Working presidents of Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) Dr. J. Geetha Reddy and M. Anjan Kumar Yadav, former PCC chief Ponnala Lakshmaiah and former MLC A. Ramulu Naik and others were taken into custody by the police at Dharna Chowk near Indira Park and were shifted to Chikkadpalli police station. Speaking at the protest site earlier, Mr. Lakshmaiah said poor and middle class people are suffering badly with the regular increase of petrol and diesel prices. He criticised the BJP government at the Centre for promising to reduce petrol and diesel prices within 100 days of coming to power in 2014 and but it was simply forgotten. Mr. Ponnala said 53.35 crore people have been burdened with rising fuel taxes since Modi took over and these include farmers, vehicle users and housewives using cooking gas.