The opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala reportedly complained that the government’s move amounts to emptying people's pocket. For the same, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has urged the people in the state to switch off the power for three minutes at 9 pm on Wednesday.
"As a responsible opposition, we don’t want to endanger the lives of people by organising huge protests in the time of pandemic. But we can’t allow the government to get away with its anti-people decisions either. Switching off lights for three minutes on June 17 at 9 pm gives an opportunity for them to register their protest," the Congress leader said, as quoted in a Hindustan Times report.
Later, taking to the micro-blogging site, taking, Chennithala tweeted: Despite protests happening all over Kerala, the state government has not taken any steps to address the issue of inflated power bills. Let's raise our voice against this. Join the #LightsOffKerala protest at 9pm tomorrow (June 17) and switch off lights across Kerala for 3 minutes.
Meanwhile, the opposition has also planned on launching an online platform for the general punlic where they can register their complains and even log on to register their protest. "This will be there till the government withdraws the excess charges," the leader said.
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This comes after several people complained of getting electricity bills that are three to four times higher than what they usually get. The Keralites have been complaining that increased bills have let to an extra financial burden on them.
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