Use less power if you cannot afford hiked charges: Sheila Dikshit

NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit’s statement that people should cut use of power if they cannot afford high electricity tariff on Sunday kicked up a row, with BJP charging the government of being insensitive to the concerns of the people.

At a meeting in South Delhi, she said if people were finding it difficult to pay the billed amount, they should cut down consumption on various electrical appliances.

“We have been supplying power round-the-clock. We are not supplying power periodically. If you cannot afford the electricity bill, then cut down your consumption of electricity,” Dikshit said.

Delhi BJP chief Vijay Goel accused the CM of “favouring” discoms and ignoring the alleged graft in power discoms. “She is favouring discoms. There is mass corruption in electricity by the discoms, but CM wants the poor to go without electricity,” he said. “This is a very unfortunate statement from the CM.

In Delhi, the electricity prices are not increasing because of increased production cost,” AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said.