Shock treatment

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s campaign slogan "Achche Din Aane Wale Hai" (Good days are coming) became the source of such a fierce clash between the opposition Congress and ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh that the police had to intervene to defuse the situation. The proximate cause for the spat was the possibility of power tariffs being raised. The state-run Chhattisgarh Electricity Regulatory Commission had organised a public hearing on the issue. During the meeting, Raipur Mayor and Congress leader Kiranmoyee Nayak said people would get a shock when faced with high power bills and mockingly repeated the slogan. The BJP leaders present at the hearing immediately contested the comment and a war of words broke out between the two groups, requiring police intervention.