The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government's refusal to fulfill the promise of discounted electricity bills and providing free power supply of 100 units per connection, has agitated smaller allies of the ruling combination and the BJP. The latter said energy minister Nitin Raut was shifting blame to the previous government for masking his inability to live up to consumer expectations. The dispute has also shown cracks in the MVA because the Congress ministers felt that their departments were not getting funds.

Raut said on Tuesday that the government was economically weaker to deliver the promise to the electricity consumers. While receiving flak from aggrieved people and parties, the minister said on Wednesday that the state-owned distribution company, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited, was in financial distress because it did not recover R50,000 crore from the consumers. He also blamed the Centre for offering Maharashtra a loan at heavy interest rate instead of extending free financial aid in the time of distress.