Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda during a press conference in New Delhi.
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Former Haryana Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday (April 4, 2025) hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, accusing it of betraying people by taking decisions against their interests. Mr. Hooda said while the BJP asserted of bringing a tax-free budget during the recently concluded Assembly session, soon afterwards, it increased the electricity rates, exposing the party’s anti-people stance.
“The BJP government has increased the electricity rates by up to 40 paise per unit and implemented new slabs for domestic and industrial consumers. By doing this, the government is going to pull about ₹5,000 crores from the public. The BJP is constantly taking decisions to rob the pockets of the common people,” he alleged in a statement.
‘Investors will avoid Haryana’
“Meanwhile, other States are giving different concessions to promote industry and attract investors. This is why industries are constantly migrating from Haryana. This trend will increase now due to the expensive electricity and investors will avoid coming to Haryana. Eventually, unemployment will increase further in the State. That is, the youth of the State will have to bear the brunt of the government’s actions,” he said.
Earlier this week, the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) announced an electricity tariff order for 2025-26, in which power rates have been increased for domestic and industrial categories from 20 to 30 paise per kilowatt hours (kWh) over the previous year.
Published – April 05, 2025 03:01 am IST
