| Women members stage a dharna in front of the Collectorate |
Focus on essentials: Mahila Rajyam functionaries staging a dharna before the Kadapa Collectorate on Friday. KADAPA: Mahila Rajyam functionaries staged a dharna at the Collectorate on Friday deploring the steep rise in the prices of essential commodities.
The Congress government failed in regulating the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities and introduced Rs. 2 a kg. rice scheme to hoodwink the people, Mahila Rajyam State general secretary Giri Kumari alleged. Poor and middle classes were the worst affected due to the steep rise in prices of commodities and vegetables. The government organized sale of onions at Rs. 7 a kg. last year, but did not react this year when the price rose beyond Rs. 20 a kg., she said.
Traders were creating an artificial scarcity of essential commodities and jacking up their prices and diverting them to the black market with the support of ruling party leaders, Ms. Giri Kumari alleged. No measures were initiated to check the hoarding of commodities. She urged officials to take action against hoarders and bring the prices down.
Praja Rajyam State official spokesperson C. Ramachandraiah held the Congress government responsible for the steep rise in prices. The government failed to take steps to ensure reasonable prices and take action on erring traders, he alleged.
Praja Rajyam district co-convenor S.A. Khaleel Basha, Mahila Rajyam State secretary Lakshmi Parvathi, district convenor Latha Reddy, co-convenors A. Jhansi, Nagasubbamma and Anuradha Yadav and Yuva Rajyam functionaries participated.
SC Cell’s bus ‘yatra’ in Nellore
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Mr Krishna will enquire about the problems of dalits in the district during the yatra, according to SC Cell district president T. Bala Sudhakar.
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