"The power tariff is already very low in Bihar at Rs 2-2.25 per unit for urban consumers and much below the purchase price of the commodity," state Electricity Minister Bijendra Yadav told reporters in reply to a question.
"The electricity charge is not at all costly in Bihar in comparison to other states," he said when reporters insisted on his response.
In reply to another question, Yadav said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had, during the Independence Day speech last year, promised to improve power situation in Bihar failing which, he had said he would not seek votes from the people in the 2015 assembly polls.
"All that the Chief Minister had said then was that he will not go to the people to seek votes in case he failed to improve power scenario in Bihar by 2015. He had not promised to provide power to all households," he said.
"Instead he will be in a position to seek their votes for another term in office in 2015 assembly polls," Yadav said.