The Delhi BJP lashed out at AAP Government saying Arvind Kejriwal Government has cheated the people of Delhi in the name of giving free power, as electricity bills in the national Capital are set to go up with the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) allowing power distribution companies (discoms) to increase power purchase agreement cost.

Addressing a Press conference,BJP MPs Manoj Tiwari and Ramesh Bidhuri, demanded the Kejriwal government to withdraw the hike.  In a related development,  Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri on Monday held a meeting with all MLAs and decided  to protest over the power tariff hike at the residence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday.  BJP MLAs also demanded a special session of the Delhi Assembly to discuss the power tariff hike.

Taking a dig at Kejriwal who had stated that power purchase agreement cost (PPAC) increases in Summer due to higher demand, Tiwari said when the PPAC was increased from 16 per cent to 22 per cent in June 2022, then why not tariff was reduced in winter. “Did the winter not come in Delhi, because since then why the increased rate did not come down”, he said. This is a direct cheating with the people of Delhi. In 2022, PPAC was increased in summer, then why not decreased in winter and now it has been increased again and this total amount is Rs. 4000 crores which  should be recovered from Arvind Kejriwal.

Tiwari said Kejriwal is a cunning Chief Minister who first allows power tariff hike  and then with his ministers lies on the issue.

At the Press conference, Bidhuri showed some electricity bills in the Press conference in which electricity theft bills were waived by Kejriwal government and all these electricity bills belonged to a particular religious community which was exposing the politics of appeasement of Arvind Kejriwal. Why are the electricity theft bills of Batala House and Jamia areas being reduced ?

He said that Kejriwal, who talked about investigation against Ambani, should explain why he did not get power discoms works audited for 9 years. Not only this, where is the more than Rs. 16,033 crore collected in the name of fixed charges. Where is the account of 26 thousand crores given to private companies in the name of subsidy ? Why didn’t Kejriwal give the account of total Rs 75,000 crore to the people of Delhi ?

After meeting with BJP MLAs, Leader of Opposition demanded a special session of Delhi Assembly. The BJP MLAs have also decided to hold a protest hike at the residence of Kejriwal on Tuesday.  Bidhuri alleged the Kejriwal government has hiked electricity rates in the capital city by up to 10 per cent through the backdoor.