Telugu Desam Party (TDP) State executive secretary N. Brahmam Chowdary alleged that the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) government imposed a burden of nearly ₹27,500 crore on electricity consumers by increasing the power tariffs ten times under the guise of various charges in the last five years.
Addressing a press conference at the party office near Mangalagiri on Wednesday, Mr. Brahmam said the cost of power purchases from the open market stood at a whopping ₹20,000 crore. These purchases involved huge kickbacks, he alleged.
There have been power cuts across the State, and the situation is so dire that doctors are forced to do surgeries under torchlight, he claimed.
