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Power-distribution system has collapsed: Gehlot slams BJP govt in Rajasthan

The former chief minister said that the BJP's claim of Rajasthan having become a "surplus state" in electricity rings hollow as power cuts are being reported from everywhere

Ashok Gehlot (photo: PTI)
Ashok Gehlot (photo: PTI) PTI

Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot slammed the BJP government in the state over power cuts on Sunday and said the power-distribution system has collapsed.

Taking to X, Gehlot said in a post in Hindi: "The weather of the villages is rosy only in your files, but the figures are false and the claim is bookish."

He said on the completion of one year of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, it was publicised loudly that Rajasthan has now become a "surplus state" in electricity, but as soon as the mercury soared, power cuts started being reported from everywhere, including villages and cities.

"Power cuts in a 'surplus state' simply means mismanagement by the government. The power-distribution system in Rajasthan has collapsed due to which the common man is troubled," the veteran Congress leader said.

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Responding to his remarks, sate energy minister Heeralal Nagar said the BJP government inherited a "mismanaged" power system, but the electricity supply has remained stable across the state this summer.

"Power outages occurred only in specific areas and were pre-announced for maintenance purposes," he said.

Nagar said the state has added more than 1,000 MW of solar energy to the grid in the last 18 months and over 10,000 MW of additional solar projects are in the pipeline.

(With PTI inputs)

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