The party has written to the Chief Minister demanding action against the Power Minister as well as compensation to farmers for crop damage due to unseasonal rains

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused Delhi Power Minister Atishi of “lying” on the issue of electricity subsidy to farmers and demanded her resignation.

In a letter to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva also demanded compensation for farmers whose crops were affected by the unseasonal rains.

Ms. Atishi, at a press conference on Thursday, had alleged that the BJP and Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena are putting “pressure” on Power Department officials to “stop the subsidy” given to farmers and lawyers.

In his letter, Mr. Sachdeva claimed that the government “does not provide even a single unit of electricity for free” to farmers and that Ms. Atishi’s claims were “false”.

“The government should apologise for this and you should take action against the Minister,” he wrote.

Seeking her resignation, Leader of the Opposition in the Delhi Assembly Ramvir Singh Bidhuri said instead of giving free electricity, the farmers are being charged exorbitant rates. “Farmers are getting electricity bills running into thousands of rupees for not using even a single unit of electricity,” he said at a press conference. He also showed copies of several electricity bills, claiming that some farmers got bills for more than 1 lakh.

Mr. Bidhuri said the party will stage a...

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