The long power cuts in several parts of the country are the result of an “artificial crsis” in the availability of coal and reflect the Narendra Modi government’s “misgovernance and mismanagement,” the Congress alleged on Friday.
In a Facebook post, former party president Rahul Gandhi said that on April 20, he had urged the Modi government to stop running the bulldozer of hatred and start power plants of the country.
“Today the coal and electricity crisis has created havoc in the entire country. I am saying again — This crisis will destroy small industries, due to which unemployment will increase further. Small children cannot stand this scorching heat. The lives of patients admitted in hospitals are at stake. There will be financial loss by stopping rail, metro services. Modi ji, do you not care about the country and the people,” asked Mr. Gandhi in the post.
