People stand in a long queue with LPG cylinders outside a gas agency amid LPG supply shortage in Prayagraj on Wednesday March 11, 2026. | Photo credit: ANI
Amid long queues outside gas agencies fearing shortage of LPG in some districts of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday (Mar 11, 2026) due to the impact of conflict in West Asia, the Congress accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of repeatedly failing to check claims of black marketing, just as the BJP abandoned the country’s scenario of people dying today during the COVID-19 pandemic. gas supplies, whether domestic or commercial, are in short supply everywhere.
“During my visit to Sant Kabir Nagar, I witnessed the suffering of people – people standing in queues since midnight, yet facing shortage of gas cylinders. Just like BJP left the country to die during the COVID-19 pandemic, the same scenario is being repeated today in the name of gas supply. Be it domestic or commercial, there is shortage everywhere. It’s all at Sath) When preparations were needed to check, the government is left in shambles again today and the government is avoiding responsibility,” said Ajay Rai, president of the Congress unit in Uttar Pradesh.
Amid the allegations, videos of long queues from petrol stations in Shravasti went viral and a woman fainted. “Woman passes out due to lack of pressure bottle, it’s true about ‘Ujjwala’. These pictures from Shravasti are a slap in the face to the government’s claim of providing gas to every household. It’s shameful that today our mothers and sisters are forced to stand in long queues, hungry and thirsty, for a single bottle,” wrote a user on X.
“A woman collapsing and fainting in a queue reveals the complete breakdown of the government’s distribution system and the value of public life is now a pittance. Can a government that uses war and crisis as excuses to hide its failures hear the cries of this helpless woman. The sad reality is that the government has failed on all fronts,” added Mr. Rai.
Published – 12 March 2026 07:25 IST
