{"id":28852,"date":"2026-08-25T01:56:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=28852"},"modified":"2026-08-25T01:56:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T01:56:13","slug":"power-tariff-hike-a-compulsion-not-a-choice-mp-choudhary-ramzan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/25\/power-tariff-hike-a-compulsion-not-a-choice-mp-choudhary-ramzan\/","title":{"rendered":"Power tariff hike a compulsion, not a choice: MP Choudhary Ramzan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Handwara, Aug 24:\u00a0<\/strong>National Conference (NC) Rajya Sabha Member Choudhary Ramzan on Monday defended the government\u2019s decision to increase electricity tariffs by 6.83 percent, describing the hike as a \u201ccompulsion\u201d rather than a choice.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Handwara, Ramzan said, \u201cWe don\u2019t want people to suffer, but it is a compulsion. Rates of other essentials are also touching the skies. The power tariff hike is a compulsion, otherwise we will have to stop giving electricity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ramzan urged people to cooperate with the government, saying it had to balance competing demands amid the challenges in governance.<\/p>\n<p>He said the decision was taken even though the government was not ready for the tariff increase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RUHULLAH REMAINS INTEGRAL PART OF NATIONAL CONFERENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the issue surrounding NC leader Aga Ruhullah Mehdi, Ramzan said Ruhullah remains an integral part of the National Conference and there is no issue between him and the party leadership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAga Ruhullah is part of the ruling National Conference. He was and is part of us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ramzan said NC president Dr Farooq Abdullah had earlier described Ruhullah as being like his son, while Ruhullah had also referred to Abdullah as a fatherly figure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere is the issue?\u201d he asked, accusing the media of blowing the matter out of proportion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedia should stop exaggerating the issue. They have already done enough,\u201d Ramzan said<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Handwara, Aug 24:\u00a0National Conference (NC) Rajya Sabha Member Choudhary Ramzan on Monday defended the government\u2019s decision to increase electricity tariffs by 6.83 percent, describing the hike as a \u201ccompulsion\u201d rather than a choice. Speaking to reporters in Handwara, Ramzan said, \u201cWe don\u2019t want people to suffer, but it is a compulsion. Rates of other essentials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28852"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28854,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28852\/revisions\/28854"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}