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Battle For Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar Goes All- Out ; Announces Free Electricity Upto 125 Units To All Domestic Customers
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced free power up to 125 units to all domestic consumers in the state.
In a major populist move ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced free power up to 125 units to all domestic consumers in the state.
Kumar came up with the announcement on social media, stating that the benefit will reach 1.67 crore households.
He also said the free power benefit will be effective from August 1.
“This means that no charges will be levied for 125 units in the bills for July itself,” said Kumar, who also claimed ‘we have already been providing cheap electricity to all consumers’.
Notably, the longest-serving CM of the state has for long been a votary of ‘one nation, one tariff’, claiming that under the present circumstances, Bihar was getting electricity from the grid at a high rate.
Kumar’s latest move comes in the backdrop of the promise of ‘200 units of free electricity’ by his rival and former deputy Tejashwi Yadav, whose Rashrtiya Janata Dal helms the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) in the state.