Power minister RK Singh has questioned the intention of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in opposing the electricity amendment Bill in a letter asking the West Bengal CM why she wants to protect monopolies in power distribution including one in Kolkata.
Banerjee had opposed the Bill, which aims to de-license power distribution, terming “anti-people” in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Banerjee has raised concerns that the entry of private discoms as competition would lead to these discoms “cherry picking” high paying industrial and commercial consumers leaving state discoms to serve poor and rural customers.
