Bihar CM's Diwali appeal: Give up free power, support education

Patna, Nov 8 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has appealed to financially well-off families to voluntarily give up the benefit of 125 units of free electricity provided every month to domestic consumers, saying the money saved could instead be used to support children's education. Making the appeal on the occasion of Diwali, Choudhary announced that a special campaign to encourage voluntary surrender of the free power benefit would begin on December 1. Choudhary clarified that the government would continue providing 125 units of free electricity every month to all households under a scheme introduced under former Chief Minister Nitish…