New Delhi: Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari Thursday termed as "poll stunt" Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's announcement that people consuming up to 200 units of electricity would not have to pay power bills.

The decision of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government comes ahead of the Delhi assembly elections, which are due early next year. Tiwari said he welcomes the move, but it is aimed at political gains in the run up to the polls. "Kejriwal is announcing freebies in view of the assembly elections," he said in a press conference. The AAP retaliated to Tiwari's charge saying Delhi has an educated and honest chief minister who understands policies, unlike the BJP-ruled states, and that is why electricity could be heavily subsidised.