In its manifesto for the assembly election, the Congress had made five promises including free power to all households in Karnataka. While the state government recently rolled out a new scheme to provide free power, the power tariff was increased by Rs 2.89 for people consuming over 200 units.
After increasing the power tariff, the Karnataka government has hiked the drinking water rates, the state BJP claimed on Thursday. In a tweet, the Karnataka BJP said that the promises made by the Congress cannot be fulfilled and the only guarantee of the old party was to make new experiments on the masses and give them the trouble of a price rise.
ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ದರ ಏರಿಕೆ ಆದ ಮೇಲೆ ಈಗ ಕುಡಿಯವ ನೀರಿನ ದರವನ್ನೂ ಸದ್ದಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಏರಿಸಿದೆ #ATMSarkara
ಎದುರಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ಎಂದು ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸಿ ಅದರ ಹಿಂದೆಯೇ ಗುಂಡಿ ತೋಡಿಟ್ಟು @siddaramaiahರವರು ಮಜಾ ನೋಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಕೊಟ್ಟ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ಈಡೇರಿಸಲಾಗದೆ ಈಗ ಜನಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೊಸ ಪ್ರಯೋಗಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡಿ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಬೆಲೆ ಏರಿಕೆಯ ತೊಂದರೆ… https://t.co/S8SX1LcrUu
— BJP Karnataka (@BJP4Karnataka) June 15, 2023
In its manifesto for the assembly election, the Congress had made five promises including free power to all households in Karnataka. While the state government recently rolled out a new scheme to provide free power, the power tariff was increased by Rs 2.89 for people consuming over 200 units.
The Congress, however, said that the rate hike was done during the previous BJP government but it could not be implemented due to “billing issues”.