Bihar Industries Minister Dilip Jaiswal on Thursday (March 19, 2026) said that there was no shortage of LPG cylinders in the State and that the queues outside distribution outlets were a result of “misleading propaganda by the Congress”.
Speaking to reporters in Patna, Mr. Jaiswal said the claims of LPG cylinder shortage in the State are misleading. “This is a handiwork of Congress’s misleading propaganda, aimed at spreading fear in the minds of the people,” he said.
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Meanwhile, the Congress staged a protest over shortage of cooking gas in the State.
Speaking to reporters here, Congress State president Rajesh Ram said, “The Union government has completely failed to provide gas cylinders to people across the country. People are forced to stand in queues for hours for LPG cylinders. They are left with no option because the availability of cooking gas is running thin.”
