Mahagathbandhan will win Bihar assembly polls, shape country's politics: CPI's D Raja
Vijayawada (PTI): CPI national general secretary D Raja on Tuesday expressed confidence that the Mahagathbandhan alliance will win the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, saying the outcome would have a significant impact on the country's political course.
Asserting that the people of Bihar are firmly backing the Mahagathbandhan alliance, Raja said BJP and JD (U) are getting "rattled" everywhere, including the Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself.
“Mahaghatbhandan is going to win the (Bihar) elections and it will have a big impact on the national political situation. It will influence the political course of the country,” Raja told PTI Videos.
Mahaghatbhandan comprises parties such as RJD, Congress, CPI, CPM, CPI (ML) and others.
Noting that CPI's slogan ‘Badlo Sarkar, Bachao Bihar’ (change the government, save Bihar) has struck a chord with the voters, he said people are rallying behind the Mahagathbandhan, which has been campaigning against alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and the issue of alleged ‘vote chori’ (vote theft).
According to the CPI leader, BJP and JD (U) leaders are making false promises and tall claims, which shows that they are "rattled".
On choosing a chief ministerial candidate, Raja said it is not an issue at all for the Mahagathbandhan.
He said the alliance is mature enough and that RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav, a former deputy chief minister of Bihar, is one of the tallest leaders of the Mahagathbandhan.
The CM candidate will be chosen without any delay and any difficulty, the veteran leader said.
Raja added that the Bihar elections will set the tone for upcoming polls in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, leading upto the Lok Sabha elections in 2029.
In the LS polls, BJP and its allies must be defeated and that is our party’s position in order to save the constitution, save democracy, save the idea of social justice and federalism, he said.
He stressed the need to defeat the BJP-RSS combine and remove it from the seat of power.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
