The BJP organised State-wide protests in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday demanding that the State Government immediately reduce Value Added Tax on petrol and diesel and provide relief to the people.
Leader of the Opposition and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, separately, held a press conference and demanded that Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy keep his word and bring down the prices of petrol and diesel to the lowest level in the country.
BJP state president Somu Veerraju, who led the protest in Rajamahendravaram, said the Centre has cut the Excise Duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 5 and Rs 10 a litre respectively.
