“There is no hop skip and jump when electricity flows through conductors. There is no mechanism by which you can give electricity to Muslims and deny the same to Hindus,” said a senior state government official today while debunking Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal’s claim made yesterday that the Uttar Pradesh Government had denied power supply to Hindus while routing it to Muslims.





“Like roads being used equally by Hindus and Muslims and all other communities, electricity is availed by everyone and all communities,” said AN Mishra, a senior power department official in Lucknow on Friday. "The allegation of the minister is wrong. Nowhere has electric connection been given on religious lines," maintained Mishra.





While addressing the media on Thursday, the Union Power Minister had alleged that Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had distributed power connections in Uttar Pradesh on the basis of religion and given preference to Muslims over Hindus.





“BJP MP Sarvesh Kumar had lodged a complaint with Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) about discrimination in distribution of power connections on the basis of religion in Moradabad. After inquiry these charges were found to be correct,” Goyal had said.