AAP vs BJP Sparks Fly In Delhi, Goa Ministers "Free Electricity" Debate

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said each family in Goa will get up to 300 units of electricity free per month if his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power.

Can Goa get "free and uninterrupted" electricity? That's what the power ministers of Delhi and Goa debated on Monday. Delhi Power Minister Satyendar Jain and his Goan counterpart Nilesh Cabral engaged in a pre-election public debate - in what is believed to be the first of its kind in the country - standing behind their podiums with a moderator in between. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, during his visit to the BJP-ruled state on July 14, had said each family in Goa will get up to 300 units of electricity free per month if his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is voted to power in the state Assembly elections, due in February next year. Satyendar Jain, citing the Delhi power model, said, "We spend people's money on people. Our plan for Goa is a separate Goa model. We will give 300 units free electricity to everyone. In Goa there is more power cut less power. netas get free power. people don't." "In Delhi, they changed the model at least three to four times. They will end up doing this in Goa too. 120 units in Delhi is free. In Goa, it will be Rs 207. While 200 units in Delhi is Rs 195, in Goa, it is Rs 375," responded Nilesh Cabral.