With the matter of Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited's (AEML) billing surge up for hearing today, political parties are mounting further pressure on the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC).

Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam will personally attend the public hearing at the MERC office on Tuesday to register his objections over the hiked power tariff and allegedly inflated bills dispatched to suburban electricity consumers. Addressing a press conference, Nirupam said he feared that MERC might approve the hiked tariff. "We are against the rise of power tariff. I am also a consumer of AEML. I will register my objections with MERC," he added.