MNS files police complaint against Maharashtra energy minister

January 28, 2021 12:28

Nitin Raut with Sonia Gandhi

The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) on Thursday filed a police complaint in Mumbai against state Energy Minister Nitin Raut and two officials for not fulfilling promises regarding concessions in electricity bills, the police said on Thursday.

The complaint was filed at Shivaji Park police station on Tuesday over the electricity bills.

Under the leadership of MNS Mahim assembly division president Yashwant Killedar, MNS workers visited the Shivaji Park police station and submitted a memorandum to the senior police inspector of and lodged a complaint.

The complaint also named the state energy secretary and General Manager of Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).

"The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) did not send a representative for electricity meter readings during the lockdown and later the consumer received increased electricity bills," the MNS said.

The MNS had earlier staged a postcard agitation against the rising power bill, and now it has taken up the issue again.

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