Delhi Congress president Sheila Dikshit called on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday and demanded six-month waiver to power consumers in the city, saying that the customers have already been paid over Rs 7,401 crore as increased fixed charges and surcharge for pension fund.
Delhi Chief Minister agreed to order a probe into how the discoms were allowed to collect Rs 7401 crores on fixed charges and pension accounts, the party said in a statement.
A party delegation led by Dikshit asked Kejriwal to immediately roll back the fixed charges and pension funds, being illegally collected from the power consumers. A memorandum signed by Dikshit was submitted to Kejriwal.