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Electricity consumers in Odisha protested outside the state Assembly, demanding the withdrawal of a proposed power tariff hike. They also asked the BJP government to fulfill its election promise of providing free electricity to consumers and to stop privatization. The association, led by former Odisha Finance minister Panchanan Kanungo, criticized the high power tariff and frequent power cuts, despite Odisha being a power-surplus state.

Courtesy: theprint.in

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