Bhubaneswar: Congress party on Tuesday targeted the Odisha government over the decision to hike electricity tariffs from October this year alleging that the state government has failed to provide low-cost electricity to masses.
In a press conference, senior Congress member Panchanan Kanungo slammed the government by alleging that the unit price of electricity has been increased only to hide the incompetency of the government.
According to Kanungo, the government has miserably failed to reduce the operational losses and collect the pending bills from big defaulters.
“To make up the losses on account of its own incompetency, the government has burdened the public with higher tariffs,” alleged Kanungo.
“Electricity is a basic necessity. So the government should rollback the decision as soon as possible,” added Kanungo.
He went on to target the…