Mumbai, March 14 -- Maharashtra Chief Minister told citizens and media persons in Nagpur today that there is no cooking gas shortage, adding that the Congress is deliberately trying to spread such fears among the people.

Replying to a question why people are queueing up outside gas distribution and retail agencies, Fadnavis said, "Some parties, especially the Congress party, are deliberately trying to create fear among the people and make them queue up. But the central government, the petroleum companies and the petroleum secretary have clearly stated that there is no crisis of cooking gas cylinders anywhere. We have delivered as many gas cylinders as are required per month. Therefore, there is no reason to worry or queue up unnecessarily....