Condemning the Congress Government for repeated power hikes, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday said that its latest proposal to hike power tariff by another eight per cent would result in untold sufferings to the common man as well as trade and industry which was reeling from the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The party demanded the Government to roll back its decision immediately. “PSPCL’s requisition for a eight percent hike in power tariff for the 2021-22 fiscal amounted to transfer its own inefficiencies on the consumers. We condemn this anti-people step,” said former Minister Sikander Singh Maluka.
He said that the Government should provide much-needed relief to the common man as well as trade and industry instead of seeking hefty power hikes.
