Chandrapur: The city unit of BJP on Friday staged βHalla Bolβ agitation before the MSEDCL zone office to flay the disconnection drive taken up by the power distribution company.
BJP leaders and party workers led by city president Mangesh Gulwade shouted slogans and criticized the state government.
Gulwade claimed that while people are yet to recover from the Covid pandemic, MSEDCL has suddenly started a drive to recover the pending bills. He said the company had itself stalled the billing process for several months during the peak pandemic period and later clubbed power bills of several months and sent excessive bills with high interest rates.
βAt times when common people are still reeling under losses due to the pandemic, MSEDCL has sent disconnection notices to 75 lakh consumers in the state,β he said.
Similar agitations were staged at all the tehsil headquarters.