Leaders of Telugu Desam Party, Congress and Left parties have resolved at a round-table meeting held under the aegis of the CPI State Council here on Thursday on the imposition of an unbearable burden on the electricity consumers in the form of true-up charges and smart meters, to stage a massive protest on the lines of the anti-power tariff hike agitation at Basheerbagh in which several protestors were killed.
Presiding over the meeting, CPI State secretary K. Ramakrishna said the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government was overenthusiastic in implementing the power sector reforms brought about by the Centre, and alleged that the scheme of installation of smart meters was fraught with irregularities.
He expressed regret that a heavy burden was imposed on the consumers in the form of true-up charges, and the government was not prepared to even hear about their woes.
