Bihar Blames UPA over Sagging Power Situation
Patna: January 9, 2008
Janata Dal – U leader and party's state general secretary Ravindra Singh and Anil Pathak on Wednesday accused the UPA government for Bihar's ever-sagging power situation saying the Center was acting purely out of against Bihar and if things did not improve in next few months, the party would be forced to take its stir against the Sonia government to the road.
"Knowing fully well that Bihar is largely dependent on the Center for its infrastructural needs, the UPA government, instead of providing more electricity to the state, makes arbitrary cuts in its supply to settle scores for the UPA's political debacle in Bihar," Singh said referring to the reduction in megawatt from the electricity generated at Kahalgaon power plant.
"What is even more insulting is that Bihar had been literally begging for more power from the Center for years but neither the top leaders in the Manmohan government nor the leaders from Bihar in the Central Cabinet have paid attention to our requests while Jharkhand that asked for more power only a month back gets its wish fulfilled by an additional 40 MW to support its industries," Pathak said adding this showed the discriminatory nature of the Sonia-led UPA government against Bihar.
The leaders said if Bihar did not get more power from the Center, they would be forced to take out their stir to the streets of Bihar and New Delhi to expose the 'true face of the Manmohan government'.
Meanwhile, state Energy Minister Vijendra Prasad Yadav also lashed out at the Center saying it had repeatedly ignored the requests of Bihar for more energy for the state.
"The Chief Minister has talked to the Prime Minister on this issue a number of times as I have with the Central Energy Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde but it is obvious that the UPA government is not interested in Bihar's development," Yadav said.
Officials said that the entire state of Bihar currently was operating on a paltry 500 MW out of which 300 was used only to power Patna, the state capital, leaving only 200 MW for the rest of the state.
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