Prasanna slams claims by TNEB; explains why he didn't pay one month's electricity bill

As actor Prasanna’s tweet about electricity bill and payments went viral, the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board came in to defend itself and clarified why the actor’s bill came double than usual. The TNEB tweeted that the actor had not paid his previous month’s bill, which is why it was doubled this time. However, Prasanna did not buy the reasoning of TNEB and lashed out at them.

Actor Prasanna asked fans if the TNEB was on a looting spree

It had all started with an innocent Tweet in which the Kollywood actor had asked on the social media website if his followers were facing the same issue as him regarding their electricity bills. Prasanna had revealed on social media that the electricity bill for his residence had turned out to be more than double and asked others were faced the same thing. Check out the tweet below.

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As soon as the tweet went up, people started responding to it as numerous fans agreed with the actor. There were fans who said that they too faced a similar issue and shared screenshots of their bills claiming that they have been charged more than usual. There were several other fans who said that they did feel that the Tamil Nadu Electric board was 'looting' them.

As the tweet started doing the rounds on social media, it caught the attention of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. They took to their Twitter handle and explained that the actor Prasanna had not paid his last month’s bill and therefore it was added in the next billing cycle. They said that this was the reason for the increased bill amount that he received.

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Prasanna lashed out at TNEB

Prasanna explained in a separate tweet that he did not pay one month’s electricity bill as the officials did not take the reading from his house. It was reported that amid the pandemic lockdown, officials would not be coming to take readings. He further mentioned that he has always paid his bill within 10 days after the reading came.

He further said that his intentions were not to show TNEB in a bad light in any manner and just wanted to know if others were facing the same issue as him. Moreover, the actor said that he regretted if he hurt anyone's feelings because he did not have such intentions and his idea was to see if the government could relax the time to pay bills during the pandemic. Prasanna said that he was of the opinion that in an extraordinary situation like the pandemic and low liquidity, such situations should be considered.

On the work front, Prasanna was last seen in the film Mafia alongside Arun Vijay. In the film, he played the role of the main antagonist. Prasanna has several projects lined up his way which include the sequel of Thupparivaalan and Ashwin Saravanan’s next project starring Samantha Akkineni.

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Image Credits: Prasanna Instagram account