Hyderabad, April 9 -- In an open letter to the Central Government's decision to hike petrol, diesel, and LPG prices, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR), on Wednesday, demanded that the prices be rolled back.

In his address to the Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, KTR slammed the Centre's policies, asserting that India has become one of the most expensive nations globally for fuel, outstripping its neighbours, Bhutan, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

"Even as global crude prices drop, the Central Government continues to jack up fuel costs. Is this the 'Achche Din' they promised?" he questioned.

He stated that the Union government's use of unshareable cesses is choking Indian states financ...