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The news of relief in the midst of political turmoil over electricity subsidy in Delhi is that the LG has approved the file for electricity subsidy. In fact, Delhi’s Energy Minister Atishi had announced that there will be no electricity subsidy in Delhi from Saturday and blamed it on LG, Atishi had accused LG of keeping the file with him and not giving approval, this political drama went on throughout the day. After all, the LG approved the file and also advised the Delhi government to avoid false allegations and not to mislead the people of Delhi.
Energy Minister Atishi had accused LG
On Friday, Delhi’s Energy Minister Atishi targeted the Lieutenant Governor in front of the media and said that he has stopped the file related to electricity subsidy. Atishi claimed that Delhiites will not get free electricity from Saturday. Atishi said that she sent a message to LG’s office asking for only 5 minutes time, but did not get a reply. Urging the LG to pass the file soon, said that if there is a delay, subsidy will not be available in the electricity bill. Due to this, 46 lakh families, farmers, lawyers and 1984 riot victims of Delhi will stop getting free electricity. Tata, BSES have written a letter that if they do not get the subsidy information, they will start billing.
Delhi government should stop misleading people – LG VK Saxena
On the other hand, the LG office has replied that they have objections on some points which have been asked to be rectified. Along with this, LG has strongly criticized the AAP government for not conducting audit of power companies. The power minister has been advised to avoid unnecessary politics and false allegations against the LG. Misleading people with false statements should stop. The Minister and the Chief Minister should answer to the people of Delhi why the decision in this regard was kept pending till April 4, while the deadline was April 15. Why was the file sent to LG on April 11. What was the need to create a drama by writing a letter and holding a press conference on 13th April, when the LG approved the file.
LG and BJP targeted
On the approval of the LG on the power subsidy issue, the Delhi government has said that the LG should bow down to the efforts of the Kejriwal government and the anger spread among the people. The Kejriwal government wants to assure the people of Delhi that no matter what they have to do, they will not let the facilities being provided to the people of Delhi stop. A day before, the minister tried to meet the LG for the whole day in the matter of electricity subsidy, but did not get time. As soon as the information about stopping the power subsidy from LG reached the public, a lot of anger spread among them. On Friday also Energy Minister Atishi tried to get the file cleared and also exposed the conspiracy of BJP and LG to the media to stop free electricity. After this, LG approved the free electricity file in a hurry.
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