Uttar Pradesh Energy and Urban Development Minister AK Sharma took a sarcastic dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after the latter's announcement of free electricity for up to 125 units.
"'Na bijli aayegi na bill aayega... free ho gayi. Hum bijli de rahe hain'. Electricity is free in Bihar, but it will be free only when electricity will be supplied," Sharma said, attacking the government over the electricity crisis in Bihar.
This comes 2 days after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announced that up to 125 units of electricity would be free for consumers in the State. Kumar had shared this information on social media X on Thursday morning.
In the X post, Kumar wrote, "We have been providing electricity to everyone at affordable rates from the very beginning. Now we have decided that from August 1, 2025, that is, from the July bill itself, all domestic consumers in the State will not have to pay any money for electricity up to 125 units. This will benefit a total of 1.67 crore families in the state."
He further said, "We have also decided that in the next three years, with the consent of all these domestic consumers, solar power plants will be installed on their rooftops or at nearby public places to provide benefits. Under the Kutir Jyoti scheme, for extremely poor families, the State government will bear the entire cost of installing solar power plants, and for the rest, the government will provide appropriate support."
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