DMK says Power Bill against federalism, tells PM Modi to halt move
Batting against any move to halt free electricity, DMK president M K Stalin on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withdraw the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 as it “encroached” the rights of the States and went “against the principles of federalism.”
Free power supply has been a key pillar of economic growth in Tamil Nadu which protected lakhs of farmers and reined in food inflation, Stalin said in a letter to Modi. Undoing such a policy of free electricity through the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2020 “would severely threaten the livelihood of lakhs of our farmers,” he said.
