Patna, November 16:
Protesting against the proposal
of 50 per cent yearly hike in power tariff the SUCI (Communist) activists burns
the effigy of CM Nitish Kumar at Patna Jn. Roundabout on Friday. During burning
the effigy the activists were shouting thunderous slogans against the anti
people policies of the state government including the proposal of the hike in
power tariff holding the placards in their hands.
Addressing the street
corner meeting after burning the effigy the speakers said that the proposal of
hiking power tariff would break the backbone of the common people already
suffering from unprecedented price hike, and acute unemployment. It was not the
act of a pro people government as claimed by the state government. The step
taken by the state government, who parroting development and claiming good
governance, in the interest of domestic and foreign capitalists was out and out
anti people. The speakers said that according to the proposal the consumers
would have to pay Rs. 3.90 in the next year instead of Rs. 2.60 per unit and
likewise Rs. 5.85 in the year of 2014-15 and Rs. 8.80 in the year of 2015-2016.
The speakers said the Nitish government privatized the Bihar State Electricity
Board by splitting it into five companies following the path of privatization
and allowed them to enhance the tariff at their whims. They said that the
JDU-BJP headed state government is solely responsible for proposed hike. The
proposal exposed the tall claim of development by the state government. All the
speakers demanded to withdraw the proposal of enhancing power tariff and urged
the common people to build up mass movement against the anti people policies of
the state government.
The street corner
meeting was addressed by Shivlal Prasad, M K Pathak, both Members,
Bihar State Committee, SUCI (Communist), Suryakar Jitendra, Rajkumar
Chaudhary and Anil Kumar, all Members, Patna District Committee, SUCI
(Communist).
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