Delhi BJP on Friday started "Bijli Jan Andolan" at power offices of all 70 Assembly constituencies of Delhi against the “loot” in electricity bills due to Delhi Government and power companies collusion, party president Adesh Gupta said.
Following social distancing, party president, leader of opposition Ramvir Singh Bidhuri and MP Meenakshi Lekhi, MLA Vijender Gupta, Ajay Mahawar staged demonstration at DERC headquarters in Malviya Nagar.
Gupta handed over the memorandum to the DERC Chairman regarding the problems due to huge electricity bills to the people of Delhi. In the same sequence, national vice-president and MP Dushyant Gautam at Krishna Nagar, former MP Manoj Tiwari at Dilshad Garden, MP Ramesh Bidhuri at Kalkaji, MP Gautam Gambhir at Laxmi Nagar power office participated in the demonstration.
BJP president said “It is a matter of shame for Arvind Kejriwal, who promised of Paani Maaf, Bijli Maaf if he comes to power, but today when he is in power, he himself sending huge bills by imposing power purchase charge, pension surcharge, fixed charge and other surcharges in collusion with discoms,”
“These bills are also being sent to the trades, industries, shops and all establishments which were closed during the lockdown and electricity was not used there, even domestic consumers are being sent bills without subsidy,” he added.
Gupta said that the power companies which are already in profit need to impose surcharges on the electricity bills, it is clear that Kejriwal is looting the people of Delhi with the collusion of the power companies.