The Telugu Desam Party today conducted a protest against the Centre's latest decision to
hike the prices of diesel, kerosene and LPG.
TDP party workers staged a dharna in front of the Ranga Reddy District Collectorate at Lakdi-Ka-Pul in Hyderabad, and proceeded to cook food on the street using firewood.
It was not just in Hyderabad - TDP workers picketed District Collectorates across Andhra Pradesh, demanding that the government roll back the steep price hike.
Senior TDP leader Devender Goud said that ever since the Congress has come into power, oil companies have raised prices as per their whims. He lamented the fact that the prices of essential commodities and travel by RTC buses will now go up. He said
Devender Goud, Mahender Reddy and Prakash Goud were arrested when the tried to force their way into the District Collectorate in Hyderabad.