BJP criticize power companies seven percent fuel surcharge

BJP has said that the decision to recover upto 7% fuel surcharge from the power consumers for the months of May, June and July by the DERC is an arbitrary decision and demanded that until the CAG of India does not complete audit of the accounts of three power companies of Delhi, they should neither be allowed to increase power tariff nor recover fuel surcharge.

BJP Delhi Pradesh President Vijender Gupta and Leader of the Opposition in Delhi Legislative Assembly Prof. Vijay Kumar Malhotra have in a joint statement said that it has been seen that the DERC is working in the favour of the power companies since its formation.

Even after this the DERC took one-sided decision and allowed the power companies to recover fuel surcharge, which is an anti-people decision. Under this decision the power companies have been allowed to recover fuel surcharge every third month.

Now they have been allowed to recover additional fuel surcharge from 4 to 7 percent. The companies shall loot the consumers by both hands because they have demanded Delhi Government and the DERC to recover increased power tariff upto 70%. The Chief Minister gave bail out package of 500 crore rupees to the power companies even after strong protest by the people. The companies are cheating the consumers in various ways. The fast reading electronic meters installed by them have already increased the power bills by two to three times.