Shillong, August 25: The Trinamool Congress National Spokesperson, Mr. Saket Gokhale, filed a PIL on August 24, 2022 questioning the outrageous move by the MDA government to disconnect electricity for entire villages because of a handful of defaulters.
He questioned the competency of the proxy BJP government in a tweet, “Meghalaya Govt under Sangma Conrad and BJP cutting electricity to entire villages just because one or two people have pending bills. I’ve filed a PIL on this in Meghalaya HC. @AITC4Meghalaya will fight tooth and nail against the proxy BJP govt. for people’s rights.”
Lambasting the MDA government’s apathy, Meghalaya TMC tweeted, “MeECL’s unfair this must come to an end, they are against the proxy-BJP Govt’s inhuman practice of barring electricity supply to entire villages for a few pending bills. They will get to the bottom of this government actions, and fight for our people’s rights.
Earlier on this issue, TMC National Spokesperson Saket Gokhale had written to Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong questioning the heinous move to disconnect electricity in the villages of Rari and Kosi Chora, North Garo hills and Dingrepa and Matchu Ki because of a handful of defaulters.
In his previous letter, he had also urged the Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya to take immediate action against the MeECL officials who are involved ‘in this criminal practice of blackmail, coercion, and intimidation by shutting off transformers to the villagers.’
Considering the MDA government’s procrastination in paying the MeECL bills in the past, this insensible move exposes the current government’s hypocrisy. The double-engine government continues to fool and fail the people of Meghalaya.
