Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.S. Alagiri on Saturday said the Centre should consult the State governments before asking them to raise electricity tariff and urged Tamil Nadu government to fiercely oppose any hike in electricity charges.
In a statement, Mr. Alagiri said the Centre had asked the State governments to raise the charges for power used at night by 20%.
“Tamil Nadu government has already said that power consumption is high between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m.. In this context, the Centre has suddenly announced that States have to hike the charges by 20%,” he said.
