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Congress, BJP slam CPI (M)-led Kerala government over power tariff hike
Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan said the debts incurred by the Kerala State Electricity Board were allegedly due to corruption in its various projects as well as its mismanagement and this financial burden was now being transferred on to the general public.
The Congress-led UDF opposition and the BJP slammed the LDF government over the 6.6 per cent hike in power tariffs, as announced by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission a day ago, saying that it was a huge financial blow to the public which was already facing rising fuel and commodity prices.
Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state assembly V D Satheesan, speaking to reporters in Kochi, said the power tariff hike comes a month after the state government had increased bus, auto and taxi fares.
He said the debts incurred by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) were allegedly due to corruption in its various projects as well as its mismanagement and this financial burden was now being transferred on to the shoulders of the general public.
Satheesan said that instead of the state government controlling or avoiding its unnecessary and extravagant expenses, it was for no reason imposing a huge financial burden on the common man.
BJP state president K Surendran also indicated a similar stand as that of the LoP on the issue.
Speaking to reporters in Alappuzha, Surendran said the tariff hike was huge and a major blow to the public, especially when the state had recently increased bus, auto and taxi fares.
He alleged that the state government was not people friendly as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was “buying a new black car every month” while imposing such financial burdens on the common man.
