Senior Congress Leader, Ajay Singh on Thursday condemned the recent hike in power tariff in Madhya Pradesh as “anti people” and demanded that the state government should reconsider it.
The hike in power tariff was the first major setback for the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government which was dreaming of converting Madhya Pradesh into a golden state, Mr. Ajay said in a press release issued here.
On one hand, the state government was talking of making agriculture a profitable profession and on the other it was putting additional burden on farmers in Madhya Pradesh, he said.
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“The hike is unjustified for those who pay their electricity bills on time,” he said adding that the increase in tariff has come about as an attempt to cover up losses caused by big defaulters, higher rate of power theft and transmission and distribution losses.