Mysore/Mysuru, March 15 -- Alleging that some vested interests were indulged in hoarding and black marketing of LPG cylinders for creation of artificial shortage, former Minister and senior JD(S) leader S.R. Mahesh urged the State Government to take stringent action against such unscrupulous elements.

Addressing a press meet at a private hotel here yesterday, Mahesh asserted that as at present, there is no energy crisis in the entire country, with Prime Minister Modi headed NDA Government handling the current LPG Cylinder crisis well. However, the State Government should take suitable measures to thwart efforts to create an artificial shortage of LPG cylinders, he said and urged the Government to crack down on hoarders and illegal re-fil...