Gujarat: Troubled by power cuts, farmers scared to return to constituencies, say Congress MLAs

Pointing to a two-hour cut in electricity supplied daily to farmers for agricultural purposes, Congress MLAs told the Gujarat Assembly on Tuesday that they were flooded with calls from agitated farmers and were scared to return to their respective assembly constituencies.

“In my Talaja constituency that is part of Bhavnagar district, I am getting over 200 telephone calls a day questioning me about the electricity issue. The situation of electricity supply is so bad that we cannot return to our constituency,” said Congress MLA Kanu Bariya, questioning the government on why daily power supply to agricultural users was reduced to six from eight hours.