The smart meter prevents electricity misuse, reduces transmission loss, and saves huge money for the government. However, the scheme may remain shrouded in darkness, as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Congress government of manipulating tenders to loot a whopping 15568 crores.
Terming it as the biggest scam in Karnataka, former Deputy Chief Minister and BJP MLA Dr.C.N. Aswathnarayan addressed the media in the BJP party office today and made a shocking allegation of manipulating smart meter tender against the ruling congress government. With a compelling PowerPoint presentation, he exposed the irregularities in the tender process and highlighted huge corruption in the scheme.
Ashwathnarayan clarified that replacing existing digital electrical meters with smart meters is a welcome move as it regulates the usage of electricity and is beneficial to both consumers and the government, but there is a severe lapse of transparency in the tender process and urged the government to cancel the tender.
“Karnataka government is set to loot people with the proposed smart meter scheme and we urge the Government to cancel the tender. The government should introduce smart meters free of cost to existing consumers and make the smart meters compulsory for new users. We will not rest until we take this issue to a logical end,” Ashwathnarayan said.
MLA SR Vishwanath, Bengaluru North District President S. Harish, and Bengaluru Central District President Saptagiri Gowda were present in the press meet.
