The Congress’s promise of bringing down power tariffs in its manifesto has been described as a “confession of betrayal to the people” by the Aam Aadmi Party, while the Bharatiya Janata Party said the Congress has conceded defeat even before the elections.
“The much-belated realisation about high electricity tariffs by the Congress is a clear evidence of this party’s confession that it betrayed the people of Delhi during its 15-year misrule, following which it was comprehensively rejected,” the AAP said in a statement. The party described the Congress manifesto as a statement of self-indictment.
“Not only the Congress, the BJP has also been forced to talk about the electricity tariff now. BJP advertisements in newspapers are now promising reduction in electricity tariffs by 50 per cent,”said the statement. Reacting to the Congress manifesto, Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay said, “It seems the Congress has conceded defeat even before the elections because no political party or the people of Delhi will believe in such promises, which have been made in the Manifesto.”
“The promise of supplying electricity at the rate of Rs.1.5 for the first 200 units and after that 50 per cent subsidy to consumers has been stolen from the agenda of AAP. On the other hand, by assuring free supply of drinking water and no charges for the sewer services, the Congress has shown that a political party can go to any limit in making false promises. If it is possible then why did they not do it during its 15-year rule,” he said.
