Senior Congress leader and Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Pramod Tiwari on Saturday (March 28, 2026) alleged that due to failed policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government thousands of people in the state are standing in line due to shortage and black marketing of many essential products including LPG cylinders, petroleum products, with the government failing to check black marketing.
Mr. Tiwari further alleged that the BJP Government repeatedly makes such statements, which create an atmosphere of panic in the country. “The problem is real, we are seeing videos of people in Uttar Pradesh and other parts facing long queues everywhere, be it at petrol-diesel stations, gas cylinder distribution centers.
The public is in trouble, and the government remains a mute spectator. When the Prime Minister, in his speech in Parliament on the West Asia (Iran-Israel) conflict, made reference to the COVID-19 pandemic and stressed alertness, describing the situation as having long-term repercussions, it is natural that people will be worried. The BJP Government repeatedly makes such statements, which create an atmosphere of panic in the country.
By making ill-considered statements about making preparations like Covid, the government has once again frightened the public. It is the government’s responsibility to make early preparedness in all fronts and prevent any form of black marketing of any item from petroleum products to food items, I feel government failed in it.
