Karnataka villagers deny to pay electricity bill claiming Congress had promised free 200 units, watch
The incident came to light after a video in this connection went viral on social media
Bengaluru: The villagers of Chitradurga in Karnataka refused to pay their electricity bill amount recently. This came at a time when the new Chief Minister is yet to take oath. The villagers claimed that ahead of the election, during the poll campaign Congress party leaders had guaranteed that 200 units of power will be provided free of cost.
The incident came to light after a video in this connection went viral on social media. In the video it was seen that the villagers are denying paying the power dues showing the reason that they had been assured of 200 units of electricity to be given free.
Twitter user Amit Malviya shared the video on Twitter and captioned: “Villagers in Chitradurga refuse to pay electricity bill. Exhort others also not to pay! They tell the bill collector that Congress had promised them free electricity, as soon as they came to power… Go take it from them (Congress), they say… If Congress doesn’t give a CM soon, there will be chaos all around…”
During campaigning for the May 10 Assembly elections in Karnataka, the Congress repeatedly said it would give a stamp of approval for these ‘guarantees’ in the maiden cabinet meeting on the first day of it assuming power in the State, Hindustan Times reported.
Villagers in Chitradurga refuse to pay electricity bill. Exhort others also not to pay! They tell the bill collector that Congress had promised them free electricity, as soon as they came to power… Go take it from them (Congress), they say…
If Congress doesn’t give a CM soon,… pic.twitter.com/FNgGtwdPHM
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) May 15, 2023
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