The coming TDP government will certainly review this lopsided tax system on the transport sector and steps will be taken to ensure digital transactions with total transparency, said Nara Lokesh, TDP general secretary, on Thursday.

The representatives from New Andhra Motor Truckers Association, in a memorandum submitted to Lokesh at the Yerrabalem campsite of Tadepalli mandal in the combined Guntur district, complained that the truck drivers and the owners are being subjected to various kinds of harassment now and wanted steps to be taken to resolve their problems.

Responding positively to their problems, Lokesh said that after Jagan Mohan Reddy has become the Chief Minister the transport sector has been totally destroyed. The situation is so bad that the truck owners are now turning into drivers due to the excessive penalties and taxes being imposed on them, he added.

On the one hand the transport sector has suffered a lot due to Corona while on the other the J-tax has become a heavy burden on it which is in deep trouble. “Immediately after the TDP is into power again the highly irregular tax system will be reviewed and steps will be taken to see to it that digital transactions are made with total transparency,” Lokesh assured them.

Promising to build restrooms along the national highways, Lokesh said that steps will also be initiated so that the truck drivers and owners will not face any kind of harassment from any section. He also said that the diesel prices will be brought down to provide some sort of relief to both the people and the vehicle owners.

When the Dalits from Tadepalle brought various issues to his notice, Lokesh said that all the schemes that are now discontinued will be reintroduced by the coming TDP government. It is really atrocious that those who are raising their voice against the State Government, particularly Dalits, are being targeted, Lokesh said and promised to provide loans on subsidy to the Dalit youth.

The residents of Nulakapeta of Mangalagiri Assembly segment raised various issues, Lokesh said that the Jagan Government has revised the power tariff at least nine times in the past four years but steps are not being taken to provide even basic amenities to the people. Soon after the TDP forms the next government the power charges will be brought down to provide relief to the common man, he said.