Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) chairman Sukhbir Singh Badal said on Sunday that the Congressional government was defrauding Punjabis by claiming it had cut electricity tariffs when “it had actually indulged in electricity. deception by increasing the electricity tariff for the industrial and hospital sector ”.
Sukhbir, who was in Abohar to attend a ceremony to mark the birthday of Arora Samaj founder Arut Maharaj, said the government had reduced the electricity tariff for all consumers who had electricity connections. two kW and consumed less than 200 units.
“This category should be supplied free of charge as was done earlier under the former government led by SAD,” he said while adding that the fact is that the government had increased the electricity tariff for medium and heavy industry as well as for hospital organizations.
“It is shocking that instead of relieving the common man as well as commerce and industry by waiving electricity bills for a period of six months, the state government is resorting to cheap gadgets in projecting relief where none has actually been given, “he said.
The SAD President also denounced the “ goonda raj ” dropped in Abohar by the President of the Punjab Congress, Sunil Jakhar, and consoled a family who approached him to say that Jakhar was protecting people from his native village. against which a murder charge had been registered under section 302.
He challenged Jakhar to contest the 2022 election from Abohar and not travel to Pathankot where he is currently leading a massive illegal sand mining operation.
