Activists of the nine Left parties staged a demonstration outside Prakasam Bhavan here on Friday in protest against the hike in electricity tariff by the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government in Andhra Pradesh.
Leading the protest, Communist Party of India (CPI) Prakasam district secretary M.L. Narayana alleged that it was unfortunate that Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, who had before the elections promised to review the power purchase agreement with independent electricity producers, had hiked power tariff seven times after coming to power at the behest of the BJP-led Central government.
