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Traffic connected the engaged National Highway astatine Krishnalanka successful Vijayawada came to a halt for astir 30 minutes connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026) arsenic the activists of Left parties staged a blockade, protesting the rising prices of petrol, diesel, and home cooking gas.
CPI State Secretary K. Eswaraiah, CPI(M) State Committee Member Ch. Babu Rao, Liberation person Harinath, New Democracy person Venkateswarlu, SUCI person Amarnath, MCPI(U) person Khadar Basha, ML person Veerababu, and Red Flag person Prasad Babutook portion successful the protest.
The protestation was led by CPI(M) State Committee subordinate D. Kasinath and CPI Vijayawada City Secretary G. Koteswara Rao.
The protesters accused the Central and State governments of burdening the nationalist done excessive taxation connected petroleum products. They alleged that the Centre had collected astir ₹40 lakh crore successful taxes connected petroleum products implicit the past 12 years, portion successive governments successful Andhra Pradesh had collected astir ₹2.27 lakh crore done VAT and different levies.
Rejecting the claims that geopolitical tensions successful West Asia justified the recurrent substance terms hikes, they argued that contempt a diminution successful planetary crude lipid prices compared to the 2014 levels, home prices of LPG, petrol, and diesel had risen sharply, placing a dense load connected households.
The Left leaders criticised the BJP-led Union Government and the NDA conjugation successful Andhra Pradesh, alleging that promises to trim substance taxes had not been fulfilled. They besides accused the governments of favouring firm interests portion imposing higher taxes connected fuels utilized by mean citizens.
They warned of intensified protests if the Central and State governments failed to code the nationalist concerns.
