Trinamool Congress spokesperson Saket Gokhale has filed a PIL in the Meghalaya High Court against disconnection of electricity to villages in Garo Hills because of a handful of defaulters.
Stating that this was an outrageous move by the MDA government, Gokhale tweeted,”Meghalaya Govt under @SangmaConrad & BJP has a cruel tactic of cutting electricity to entire villages just because 1 or 2 people have pending bills. I’ve filed a PIL on this in Meghalaya HC. @AITC4Meghalaya will fight tooth & nail against the proxy BJP govt. for people’s rights.”
Stating that this was the MDA government’s apathy the TMC leader further said, “”MeECL’s UNFAIR tactics must come to an END! We are against the proxy-BJP Govt’s inhuman practice of barring electricity supply to entire villages for a few pending bills. We will get to the bottom of this Govt’s cruel actions, and fight for our people’s rights!”
Earlier Gokhale had written to Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong for disconnecting electricity in the villages of Rari and Kosi Chora in North Garo hills and Dingrepa and Matchu Ki because of a handful of defaulters.
He had also urged the Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya to take immediate action against the MeECL officials who are involved “in this criminal practice of blackmail, coercion, and intimidation by shutting off transformers to the villagers.”
