Left parties to lead protest against true-up power charges

The move will add a hefty burden to consumers, says K. Ramakrishna

The Left parties will spearhead a protracted struggle to bring pressure on the YSRCP government to scrap the hefty ‘true-up’ charges in electricity bills, CPI leader K. Ramakrishna has said, adding that the government mover would further burden the people who are already reeling under the impact of the economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic. “The YSRCP came to power after categorically declaring that the power tariff would not be hiked. Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had no moral rights to ask the DISCOMs to collect hefty true-up charges to the tune of over ₹19,000 crore for the period between 2014-15 and 2018-19 from the consumers. The consumers would be charged on an average ₹3,000 to ₹5,000 each,” Mr. Ramakrishna told the media here on Wednesday.