Chennai: DMK members across Tamilnadu today staged a state-wide protest against the ‘high electricity bill’ for consumers.
DMK functionaries held a black flag outside their residence and raised slogans against the government over the bills. The functionaries also distributed notices to people explaining the protest.
The decision to stage protest today was taken during a meeting convened by DMK president M K Stalin with all DMK district secretaries, MPs and MLAs through videoconference recently.
A resolution passed in the meeting said, “While states like Kerala and Madhya Pradesh announced a relief over electricity bills, the Tamilnadu government is refusing to announce any such relief and people are suffering due to the high electricity bills. The government fines people when they step out during lockdown and seize their vehicles. If people stay indoors, they are slapped with high electricity bills.”
The other resolutions were mostly reiteration of the popular demands dominating the political narrative of the State. Among them were the demand for 50 per cent reservation for BCs and MBCs in medical college admissions made through the all-India quota, cancellation of NEET and providing justice to Jayaraj and Bennix who were killed due to torture in police custody at Sathankulam.