Chandigarh, Apr 20 (UNI) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Friday condemned the repeated hikes in power tariff and demanded a complete roll back even as it called for removing all hidden charges to ensure power to industrial sector at landing cost of Rs five per unit.
In a statement here, senior party leader Bikram Singh Majithia said the latest increase of Rs 2.17 per cent in domestic power and an increase in fixed charges by Rs 10 per kilo watt would break the back of the common man who was still reeling under the burden of huge increase in electricity bills ever since the Congress government took up the reins of the state.
He said even in the case of the industrial sector, the Congress government had gone in for a two per cent increase in power tariff besides increasing fixed charges by Rs 10 to Rs 15 per unit. “This proves that the Congress has systematically lied and deceived the industrial sector by making promises to supply power at flat cost of Rs five per unit”, he added.