Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said that there is no need for power cut in Punjab if we work in the right direction, amid power struggle with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.
“Electricity cost, cut, truth of power purchase agreements and how to give free and 24 hour power to the people of Punjab :- 1. No need of power cut in Punjab or CM need to regulate office hours or AC Use of common people… if we work in right direction,” he tweeted.
Electricity cost, cut, truth of power purchase agreements and how to give free and 24 hours electricity to the people of Punjab:- 1. There is no need for power cut in Punjab or the Chief Minister to regulate office hours or use of AC is not needed. of common people…if we work in the right direction- Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sheryontopp) 2 July 2021
3. Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) – Badal Government signed PPA with 3 private thermal power plants in Punjab. As of 2020, Punjab has already paid 5400 crores due to faulty clauses in these agreements and is expected to pay 65,000 crores Punjab Peoples Money as fixed charges- Navjot Singh Sidhu (@sheryontopp) 2 July 2021
The tension between Singh and Sidhu began in 2019, when Sidhu left the cabinet after changing his portfolio. However, bitterness escalated in May when the government suffered a legal setback in 2015 over police firing on a crowd protesting the sacrilege of the Sikh holy scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib.
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