Power firms in bad shape, Raut says, blames BJP for `mess’
Facing growing demand to waive `high’ electricity bills, Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut on Thursday said the state power firms are making huge losses, and it was a “mess” created by the previous BJP regime.
Speaking to reporters, Raut also said that he had sent several proposals to the state finance department seeking help, but “nothing happened”.
On the other hand, the BJP-led Union government was acting like a “money-lender”, he said.
Raut, a Congress leader, is under fire from opposition BJP and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) over his statement that consumers will have to make full payment of electricity bills.
