The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government of creating artificial power shortage to earn a percentage of commission from buying expensive electricity from the private sector.

The party’s state Vice-President Madhav Bhandari told a media conference on Monday that the MVA’s fuss was now exposed. “First the government created an artificial power shortage and brought tears to the eyes of the common man, and now it is pretending to wipe their tears. The farmers reeling under loan repayment were promised a loan waiver. And now once again the government is giving false reasons for the coal shortage for generation of electricity to farmers and general public who are subjected to power cuts.”