Kishan Reddy: Central govt not against free power to farmers

Hyderabad: Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday clarified that central government was not against supplying free power to farmers.
Addressing a press conference at the BJP State office here, Kishan Reddy said the Centre would not raise an objection when the State government wants to supply free power to farmers.
The intention of the Central government to adopt reforms in the power sector was to bail out discoms in the States from the increasing debts and ensure that the electricity department employees get salaries on time, he said.
While referring to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao’s remarks in the State Assembly on Monday that the NDA government was forcing to fix meters to pump sets, the Union Minister said that the Central government would not force people to install electrical meters and also did not issue any such rule in the Electricity (Amendment) Act 2022.
“I don’t know from where the Chief Minister got the document that was displayed in the Assembly stating that the Central government is forced to fix meters,” he said and alleged that the Chief Minister speaking all lies on the reforms introduced by the Central government in the electricity sector.
The ruling TRS party leaders should not forget the Centre’s contribution in every development activity taken up in the State, he said.
He accused the TRS government for intentionally not following protocol during Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s visit in the state.
(UNI)