YSRCP cadres stage Dharna at Tirupati

Tirupati, Jan 12, 2013: YSR Congress Party staged a Dharna in Tirupati on Saturday protesting against the Government’s proposal to hike the power charges.

Hundreds of party activists, most of them women, collected in droves and protested on the Tiruchanur road and raised slogans against the Government’s proposal to increase the power tariff.

Tirupati YSR Congress MLA Bhumana Karunakara Reddy, who led the protests, said the Government has been trying to dilute the welfare schemes introduced by Dr.YSR. “The proposal to hike the power charges will bring unbearable burden on the people,” he said during the Dharna. Police were also present in good number on the occasion.