Blaming BJP for promoting “crony capitalism”, the Congress said that the Gujarat government, in a bid to ensure huge profits to four private companies, has purchased electricity at much higher prices while state owned power plants were running at deplorably low capacities.

The period includes years when Narendra Modi was the Chief Minister of the state.

In a press conference held in Ahmedabad, AICC media in-charge Randeep Surjewala claimed, “Between the years 2002-2016, Gujarat government purchased electricity worth a mind boggling ₹62,549 crore from the four private companies.”