MP: Congress, BJP spar over power cuts
Power outages in Madhya Pradesh, which is an energy surplus state, seems to be becoming a political hot potato for the ruling Congress at a time when summer is at its peak.
With fresh complaints of power cuts started coming in from various areas, the opposition BJP has accused the ruling party of "inept" handling of the situation.
The issue hogged focus once again with noted Urdu poet Dr Rahat Indori tweeting his agony over repeated power cuts in his area in Indore.
"Nowadays power cut has become common, even today there was no electricity for the last three hours...it's hot, Ramzan going on.....nobody picking up phone at @mppkvvclindore (twitter account of Indore office of Power company)....please help....@iPriyavratSingh (MPs Minister for Energy Priyavrat Singh) @OfficeOfKNath (Chief Minister Kamal Nath)," he said in a tweet Sunday evening.
After his tweet went viral and the BJP fired barbs at the ruling party, Chief Minister Kamal Nath directed power company ...