Cong demands octroi refund on power

Hoshiarpur, October 25

The Congress has warned the government to stop the octroi being charged from the urban electricity consumers and refund the amount collected since the tax was removed in the state. PPCC general secretary MLA Sunder Sham Arora has warned that if it was not rolled back and the refund not initiated, the Congress would start an agitation on the issue along with people of the state.

“On the one hand, electricity in Punjab is dearer than the neighbouring states and on the other hand, urban consumers were being looted on the name of octroi. How can they charge octroi on electricity when it was abolished from the state years ago?” questioned Arora. — OC