Bihar polls: Two candidates of INDIA bloc withdraw candidature
Patna (PTI): Two nominees of the INDIA bloc in Bihar on Thursday withdrew their candidature from assembly seats in Nawada and Madhubani districts, officials said.
While Congress' Satish Kumar withdrew his candidature from Warsaliganj in Nawada, Bindu Gulab Yadav of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) withdrew her nomination from Babubarhi in Madhubani, they said.
Following the development, RJD candidates Anita (Warsaliganj) and Arun Kumar Singh (Babubarhi) are contesting the polls as ‘Mahagathbandhan’ nominees.
Both the assembly seats will go to polls in the second phase on November 11.
The 243-member Bihar assembly will go to polls in two phases on November 6 and November 11, with results set to be announced on November 14.
There are some seats where constituents of the INDIA bloc are set to lock horns against each other due to internal discord among the Congress, RJD and Left parties over seat-sharing arrangements, sources said.
Narkatiaganj, Vaishali, Rajapakar, Rosera, Bachhwara, Kahalgaon, Biharsharif and Sikandara are among these assembly constituencies, they said.
“The Congress has always followed the coalition dharma... I must say that the RJD and Left parties fielded their candidates after the Congress had already announced the list of all its nominees,” Bihar Congress spokesperson Asit Tiwary told PTI.
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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.
