AAP’s promise of free power sparks debate in Uttarakhand

Ahead of the state assembly elections in 2022, free electricity supply seems to have emerged a popular poll promise in Uttarakhand. Delhi chief minister (CM) and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal’s promise of free electricity supply of up to 300 units each to all the households may have been brushed aside as a “political gimmick” by both the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, both the parties have made similar promises already.

In fact, state power minister Harak Singh Rawat recently announced free power supply of up to 100 units to all the households. Former CM and Congress national general secretary Harish Rawat had said, way back in 2019, that if voted to power in 2022,