The electricity board officials in Karnataka faced the backlash at a village in Chitradurga as the villagers refused to pay the electricity bill, citing one of the poll promises of Congress party, which said that the free 200 units of electricity would be free, if it is voted to power. In a viral video, villagers were seen getting into an argument with the meter readers, asking them why they are coming to take the electricity charges.
The video is said to be from Karnataka’s Jaalikatte where one of the villagers was seen saying, “Why should we pay the electricity bill? The Congress promised us free electricity after coming to power. We will not pay.”
Meanwhile, the officials also tried to explain to the villagers that the government is yet to be formed.
