Leaders of the Left parties and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) have staged protests demanding immediate roll back of the hike in diesel cess, imposed by the AP State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC).
The activists of the Left parties demonstrated at the Pundit Nehru Bus Station. Headed by senior leaders P. Madhu and Ch. Babu Rao of the CPI(M) and K. Ramakrishna, Kasinath and D. Shankar of the CPI, the party workers walked holding a banner seeking withdrawal of the hike.