AAP Threatens To Cut Power Supply To Amarinder Singh’s Residence
The Amarinder Singh-led executive has been dealing with grievance from the opposition events.
Chandigarh:
Opposition Aam Aadmi Celebration in Punjab on Friday threatened to bring to a halt the facility provide to Leader Minister Amarinder Singh’s place of dwelling in Patiala if the state executive didn’t scrap energy acquire agreements with non-public crops.
AAP MP and leader of the birthday party’s Punjab unit Bhagwant Mann accused the Congress-led executive of getting a “secret pact” with non-public thermal crops. “For this reason the state executive neither were given the accounts of energy firms audited nor revoked the PPAs even after being in energy for greater than 3 years now,” he alleged.
“If the Amarinder Singh executive fails to terminate PPAs with non-public thermal crops inked via the former Badal executive all through the present finances consultation, the Aam Aadmi Celebration might be pressured to chop energy of Amarinder”s Moti Mahal on March 16,” Bhagwant Mann mentioned in a observation right here.
A choice on this regard was once taken via the birthday party’s core committee, the observation added.
Bhagwant Mann mentioned the Congress had promised sooner than the 2017 Meeting polls that it could evaluation the PPAs after coming to energy.
“Amarinder Singh has the golden alternative to terminate the anti-state PPAs within the present finances consultation, thus serving to the folk heave a sigh of aid from the habitual energy shocks,” he mentioned.
The Amarinder Singh-led executive has been dealing with grievance from the opposition events over the emerging energy tariff within the state.
The Akalis had additionally accused the Congress of “placing underhand offers” with the control of personal thermal crops, leading to a loss or Rs four,100 crore to the state exchequer.
Power charges in Punjab have been hiked via 36 paise a unit from January 1 for home shoppers.
On February 17, Amarinder Singh had mentioned that his executive would renegotiate the facility acquire agreements with non-public gamers. The former SAD-BJP executive had signed PPAs with non-public firms for coal-fired energy crops in Rajpura, Mansa and Goindwal Sahib.
In the meantime, the AAP’s core committee on Thursday additionally followed a “congratulatory answer” over the 3rd shocking victory of the birthday party within the Delhi Meeting election beneath the management of Arvind Kejriwal.
