Chandigarh, April 19 -- Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari on Friday hit out against the BJP, claiming that the party's "double-engine" government had made life difficult for the common people by imposing heavy taxes under various pretexts.

He said the three-fold increase in property tax in Chandigarh had unmasked the BJP's real agenda. He called the steep hike a betrayal of the citizens and strongly condemned it, adding that the Congress party stood firmly with the people against such arbitrary governance. He reiterated the demand to roll back the property tax hike, an issue he recently also raised in the Parliament.

Tewari was speaking to mediapersons following the launch of installation of CCTV cameras in Ward Number 34 using MPLAD (Member ...