BRS leaders protest against LRS

Hyderabad: The BRS leaders on Wednesday staged a protest at the office of the Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation (GHMC) demanding the government not to collect fees for the LRS.
The party had given a call for protests at the district headquarters and also in the city against the
LRS proposed by the Congress government.
The BRS leaders, including MLAs, MLCs, and corporators, held a protest near the office, raising
slogans against the government. The BRS leaders objected to the government’s decision to collect
fees. They stated that when the same scheme was proposed by the previous BRS government, the
Congress leaders had accused them of sucking the blood of the people. They said that the LRS
would impose a burden of Rs 20,000 crore on the people.
Musheerabad MLA Mutha Gopal said that the Ministers like Uttam Kumar Reddy, Sithakka, and
Bhatti Vikramarka had promised to take up free LRS while they were in opposition. These leaders
should implement their promises now. The party leaders took up protests at different locations.
MLA KP Vivekanand and MLC Shambhipur Raju staged a protest in Quthbullapur, T Srinivas Yadav,
at Maitrivanam. They alleged that the decision of the government would impact 25 lakh families.
They said they would protest until the government takes up the LRS for free.