Jaipur: Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee president Sachin Pilot termed the rollback of power tariff hike for agriculture connections as a victory of farmers and Congress while the BJP shot back saying the power tariff hike was the result of the previous Congress government's undoing.Sachin Pilot said, the Congress would continue its fight and would take out a rally on February 22 demanding the rollback of the tariff of domestic consumers as well. The government has failed to control the rampant power theft and put an unexpected additional burned on the people with power hike on all sections of the consumers.He said, he Congress had organized agitation at the district and state level. The Congress has been apprising the government on the conditions of the farmers reeling under the vagaries of nature and this decision has broken the backbone of the farmers, he claimed.He said the government's decision has substantiated the party's stand that the government had put an avoidable burden on the farmers. He said the ministers had to face the wrath of the people when they visited district due to its anti-people polices which culminated in this rollback. He alleged that the BJP government has been burdening the people reeling under price rise with taxes.He alleged that the BJP government is hell bent on the privatization of the power sector and Ajmer district is the top in the list. The Congress has been organizing protest which received overwhelming public support.The BJP state president Ashok Parnami while lauding the government decision said it was the previous Congress decision guaranteeing power tariff hike while signing the MoU with the Power Regulatory authority forced the government to hike power tariff.He said while the BJP government had rolled out various measures including crops insurance scheme to the famers. The BJP government has been working on reviving power sector bleeding under heavy loss. He said the state government had taken over the loss of Rs 60,000 crore under Udhay Bond.Meanwhile farmer leader Rampal Jat of Kisan Mahapanchayat which has been spearheading agitations by farmers against the power hike of agriculture sector said his organization had shelved in the proposed siege of the Assembly on February 23.He said, "we are not withdrawing but postponing our agitation for now in the light of the government announcement." Our planned vehicle rally on Feb 20 - 21 in support of the agitation also stands postponed, he told TOI.

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