AAP effect: Cong MP Sanjay Nirupam's hunger strike over power bills in Mumbai

January 23, 2014 09:50

NDTV reports: Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam plans to sit on an indefinite hunger strike outside Reliance Energy's Mumbai office from 11 am today to demand that electricity prices be reduced in the city.

Earlier this week, power tariffs were cut by nearly 20 per cent across the state, except in Mumbai.

Last Monday, hundreds of Congress workers led by MPs Sanjay Nirupam and Priya Dutt protested outside the Kandivali West office of the Anil Ambani-owned power company that provides electricity in their constituencies.

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