‘Should grads vote to make petrol ₹100 a litre?’

With rampant job cuts and wage cuts, the unprecedented rise in petrol, diesel and cooking gas prices are imposing enormous burden even on the middle class. The Union Budget offered no relief to the honest tax payer, the salaried middle class. The graduates of Hyderabad, Rangareddy and Mahabubnagar should give a befitting reply to the authors of these ‘anti-people’ policies, said Prof. K. Nageshwar, who is contesting as an Independent candidate from this constituency. Participating in an interactive session with voters at ME Reddy Gardens, Vanasthalipuram, on Tuesday, the two term MLC said that the Central excise duties on petrol increased by 350% and on diesel by whopping 894% since 2014, after the BJP government assumed office.