The West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a protest rally against high power tariffs in front of the Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) office in Kolkata’s Esplanade area on Friday, July 26, 2024, four days after the Trinamool Congress had organised its Martyrs’ Day rally at the same place on July 21. The protest was attended by Leader of the Opposition of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, as well as BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul, former MLA Tapas Roy, former National Secretary Rahul Sinha and other BJP leaders. In the protest meeting, former MLA Tapas Roy alleged that his recent electricity bill amounts to over Rs 20,000, which he claimed is 5 times the average bill amount. “The BJP might have lagged behind in this year’s Lok Sabha elections, but we are far from finished,” former national secretary Rahul Sinha said at the protest. “The BJP is the only way if the public wishes to take a stance against CESC’s high tariffs.”

Source: The Hindu July 27, 2024 08:54 UTC