Budgam: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said that the bonhomie between Bharatiya Janata Party and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is still intact in Jammu and Kashmir. He also asked people not to install smart meters if they are reluctant, but added that they won’t be able to get benefits of 200 free units as promised in the manifesto.

Addressing a road show in Budgam, CM Omar, said that the opposition has turned to politicising electricity. “I can stand here and say that I inherited these electricity meters. I did, but the truth is that I didn’t stop the practice of installing them as the metering reduces electricity bills and we had promised 200 free units to the people of Jammu and Kashmir in our manifesto,” he said.

“But without a meter, we can’t determine the electricity b

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