Vijayawada, May 23 (UNI) Telugu Desam Party National President and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday lauded the Central Government for providing relief to the people by reducing the prices of petrol, diesel and giving subsidy of Rs 200 per gas cylinder to the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
Naidu also welcomed the Centre's call to the respective state governments to decrease their state-level taxes on fuel to reduce burden on the people.
In a tweet here, the TDP Chief demanded that the Jagan Mohan Reddy headed YSRCP government in Andhra Pradesh should decrease its state level taxes on petrol and diesel. Already, Rajasthan, Odisha and Tamil Nadu Governments had reduced their respective taxes on fuel, he said.