The YSR Congress today organised dharnas and demonstrations at mandal and North Andhra districts against hike in APSRTC bus fares and power tariff. Terming it ‘anti-people policies’, the protesters, led by district convener G Ravi Raju in Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam and Srikakulam districts raised slogans against the state government. The decision would pose a severe burden on the common man,they said.
The protestors threatened to intensify the agitation if the government failed to withdraw its decision. The YSRCP activists and Rajam Town of Srikakulam District Youth Leader Ravada Sitaram said the government should roll back the hikes or else, people are prepared to teach a fitting lesson to it at an appropriate time. They staged a dharns and blocked the roads and the vehicular traffic was distrupted for nearly an hour. UNI