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A day after Power Minister Atishi alleged in the Delhi Assembly that officials were trying to stop the power subsidy scheme at the behest of Lt Governor VK Saxena, Kejriwal warned him not to complain later about ”dignities” being breached.
Earlier this week, Saxena — in an apparent reference to his relationship with the AAP dispensation that has been aggressively attacking him over a range of issues — had said that the ”dignity of speech” was breached in recent times.
While alleging that there is a conspiracy to stop the power subsidy scheme introduced by his government in Delhi, Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi, ”Still, they say Kejriwal fights a lot.” ”Conspiracies are being hatched to stop (the) free electricity (scheme) in Delhi. But we will not allow their conspiracy to succeed. Kejriwal will be found standing like a rock for the rights of the people of Delhi. LG saheb, please do not say later that dignities are being breached,” Kejriwal said.
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Earlier this month, Saxena had asked Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar to direct the Power department to place the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) advisory on the restriction of power subsidy before the council of ministers and take a decision within 15 days.
The instruction was made on the basis of DERC’s statutory advisory to the Delhi government to consider ”restricting” the subsidy to the ”poor and needy consumers”. Consumers with a power consumption of fewer than 200 units do not have to pay any charge. Those with consumption of 201-400 units get a 50-per cent subsidy, capped at Rs 850.