Newly-appointed Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok on Wednesday fired his first salvo at the Congress government by demanding that Energy Minister K. J. George resign owning up moral responsibility for the electrocution of a woman and her baby in Bengaluru due to the fault of power utility.
In a statement here, Mr. Ashok termed the Minister’s reported claims that rats biting the power cable could be the reason for electrocution as heights of contemptible attitude.
Accusing Mr. George of trying to escape from moral responsibility and behaving in an insensitive manner, he maintained that prima facie the failure to properly maintain the network appeared to be responsible for the tragic episode.
