OPS comes out strongly against power tariff hike in TN
Natalie Ross
Published Jan 26, 2026
Chennai, Sep 11 (IANS) Estranged AIADMK pioneer and previous Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Sunday went after the express government’s choice to climb power tax rates.
In a proclamation, he denounced the DMK government for the expansion in tax paces of homegrown shoppers and requested a prompt roll back of the rates.
Looking to help the DMK to remember its 2021 Assembly survey guarantee that it would expand the free power to handloom laborers by 300 units and by 1,000 units for powerloom units, Panneerselvam said that he had gone against this “enemies of individuals regulation” of the DMK government when it was mooted in the Assembly in July.
Estranged #AIADMK (@AIADMKOfficial) leader and former #TamilNadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam (@OfficeOfOPS) attacked the state government’s decision to hike power tariff rates.
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— IANS (@ians_india) September 11, 2022
He likewise said that the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission’s declaration to individuals to surrender the free 100 units of force was a “significant stunner”, and that non-public schools, and confidential inns would give the climbed charge to public.
