Govt.’s claim of reduction in power tariff deceptive, alleges CPI(M)

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CPI(M) State Secretariat subordinate   Ch. Babu Rao addressing the media successful  Vijayawada connected  Wednesday.

CPI(M) State Secretariat subordinate Ch. Babu Rao addressing the media successful Vijayawada connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. Giri

The CPI(M) has alleged that the claims of the authorities that it has reduced the energy load are misleading. The enactment has challenged Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar and NDA leaders to an unfastened statement connected powerfulness tariffs and astute meters.

Addressing the media connected Wednesday, enactment State Secretariat subordinate Ch. Babu Rao accused the authorities led by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of misleading the public. He said portion the authorities claimed to person reduced powerfulness acquisition costs by 30 paise per unit, from ₹5.20 to ₹4.90, this payment had not reached consumers. Instead, helium alleged that astir ₹20,000 crore had been collected implicit the past 2 years done assorted accommodation charges, compared to a alleviation of lone ₹923 crore.

Published - April 29, 2026 08:05 p.m. IST

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