India, May 23 -- LUCKNOW Amidst a severe heatwave, prolonged power outages across Uttar Pradesh have escalated into a political flashpoint, with both opposition leaders and ruling BJP legislators flagging failing electricity infrastructure, just months before the state assembly elections.

While opposition parties have stepped up attacks on the government over outages and consumer distress, legislators from the ruling camp have publicly flagged power supply related issues in their constituencies, indicating that the matter has reached a political flashpoint.

On Friday, BJP MLA (Lucknow East) OP Srivastava wrote to energy minister AK Sharma, raising concerns over alleged undeclared power cuts and inconvenience being faced by residents in ...