Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Congress Accuses Fadnavis of Hypocrisy Over APTEL Bias Claims
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis reportedly complained that a power appeals tribunal was favoring private companies.
He reportedly asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticized Fadnavis for making this complaint.
Ramesh said the complaint was hypocritical because decisions had also benefited the Adani group.
He said at least four such cases in Maharashtra during 2025 and 2026 favored the group.
Ramesh also mentioned projects involving power and Dharavi real estate.
Congress said the complaint may have followed a tribunal decision favoring JSW.
The claims and criticism reflect a political dispute over how electricity cases are decided.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticized Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis over his reported concerns about APTEL decisions.
Fadnavis reportedly wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that recent APTEL rulings favored private power companies over state-owned firms.
Ramesh said Fadnavis’s complaint appeared to have been prompted by an APTEL ruling favoring JSW.
Ramesh alleged that at least four APTEL cases in Maharashtra during 2025 and 2026 favored the Adani group.
Congress said the Maharashtra government had also favored the Adani group in power and real-estate projects, including Dharavi.
- Who
- Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh.
- What
- A political dispute over reported allegations that the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity favored private power companies.
- When
- Fadnavis’s reported letter was discussed on August 26, after media reports about the letter; Ramesh referred to cases decided in 2025 and 2026.
- Where
- Maharashtra and New Delhi.
- Why
- Fadnavis reportedly sought intervention over APTEL rulings, while Congress accused him of hypocrisy and cited decisions it said benefited the Adani group.
Congress’s criticism
Fadnavis’s reported position
APTEL’s alleged bias
Congress’s criticism
Jairam Ramesh called Fadnavis’s complaint hypocritical and said earlier APTEL decisions benefiting the Adani group should also be questioned.
Fadnavis’s reported position
Fadnavis reportedly told Narendra Modi that a series of recent APTEL rulings favored private power companies over state-owned power companies.
Reason for the complaint
Congress’s criticism
Congress said the complaint appeared to have been triggered by an APTEL decision favoring JSW.
Fadnavis’s reported position
The reported position presented the issue as a broader concern about APTEL’s treatment of state-owned power companies.
Maharashtra government’s record
Congress’s criticism
Ramesh alleged that the Maharashtra government had bent over backwards to favor the Adani group in power and Dharavi real-estate projects.
Fadnavis’s reported position
The article does not provide a response from Fadnavis or the Maharashtra government to these allegations.
- Tribunal
- Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL)
- Reported complaint
- Fadnavis reportedly told Modi that recent APTEL rulings favored private power companies over state-owned companies.
- Congress critic
- Jairam Ramesh, Congress general secretary in charge of communications
- Company cited in reported ruling
- JSW
- Cases cited by Congress
- Ramesh said at least four Maharashtra cases decided in 2025 and 2026 favored the Adani group.
- Other projects mentioned
- Ramesh alleged that the Maharashtra government favored the Adani group in power and real-estate projects, including Dharavi.