90-year-old woman in Karnataka living in shanty gets electricity bill of Rs 1.03 lakh
Koppal (KTK), Jun 22: A 90-year-old woman got the shock of her life when she received an electricity bill of a whopping Rs one lakh for her shanty, which has just two LED bulbs.
Girijamma, who lives with her son in the small hut in Bhagyanagar here, usually gets a monthly bill of about Rs 70 or Rs 80 per month.
She was in for a rude shock after getting a bill to the tune of Rs 1,03,315 for the month of May.
The nonagenarian had got the electricity connection under the Bhagya Jyoti scheme, aimed at providing electricity at minimum price to people living below the poverty line in slums.
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Soon after the news spread, the electricity department officials rushed to her house and found that there was a glitch in the meter and also the person who had come to collect the meter readings made an error.
Later, the officials asked her not to pay the bill and assured that it would be revised.
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Integrity of electoral process severely compromised, Cong to soon launch movement: CWC
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee met here on Friday and adopted a resolution alleging the integrity of the entire electoral process was being severely compromised against which the party would soon launch a movement.
In the resolution of the top body of the Congress, the party said free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being called into "serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission".
The CWC, which met amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, said the session has been a washout so far because of the Narendra Modi government's "stubborn refusal" to have an immediate discussion on three pressing national issues -- "the recent revelations regarding corruption by a business group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal".
Asked why the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resolution does not name the business group, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "The answer is the Adani group".
"The CWC believes the integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised. Free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that is being called into serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission.
"Increasing sections of society are becoming frustrated and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public concerns as a national movement," the resolution stated.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, party general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party discussed the political situation in the country for four-and-half hours and adopted the resolution.
He said the CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into electoral performance and organisational matters.
About the Assembly polls results in Maharashtra, Venugopal said the electoral outcome in the state was "beyond normal understanding and it appears to be a clear case of targeted manipulation".
