Himanta Biswa Sarma ends this ‘VIP culture’ rule in Assam: ‘From July 1…’

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Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced that he and the chief secretary will start paying their electricity bills from July 1...

We are ending the #VIPCulture rule of paying electricity bills of Government officials using tax payer money..

Myself and the Chief Secretary will set an example and start paying our power bills from July 1 onwards, Sarma announced on social media platform X (formerly Twitter).o)..

We usually find that the electricity bills of the residences of our ministers and senior government officers or the residences of the secretariat were being paid by the government for so long..

No government, no chief minister, no chief secretary, the electricity bill used in everyone's house was being paid by the state government so far from the budget, he added during an event..

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