AAP will launch agitation from April 7 over rising power prices in Punjab
Chandigarh, March 31, 2021:
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would launch a massive agitation from April 7 against the rising power prices in Punjab to force Captain Amarinder Singh government to provide free power to the people of Punjab on the lines of Delhi. The announcement was made by AAP state president and Lok Sabha member Bhagwant Mann, Punjab affairs in-charge Jarnail Singh, co-in-charge Raghav Chadha and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Assembly Harpal Singh Cheema at a press conference convened in Jalandhar on Wednesday. MLAs Aman Arora, Baljinder Kaur, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and several state leaders were also present on the occasion. Addressing the media, Bhagwant Mann said that in today's era of inflation, due to the policies of the Captain government, the rising power prices had made the life of the people even more miserable. He said that the Captain government was increasing power prices day by day instead of reducing them. Mann said that the Aam Aadmi Party would launch a mass agitation across Punjab over power bills which would force the Captain Amarinder Singh government of Punjab to reduce power tariffs. "The mass movement will be launched next week. This movement will reach every street, every village, town, and city," he added.
Mann further said that the party volunteers and workers will go door to door to get information about the electricity bills. He said that under the agitation, the electricity bills would be burnt. Mann said that earlier the Akali Dal government and now the Congress had entered into costly agreements with private companies keeping in view their personal interests.
Harpal Singh Cheema said that the Aam Aadmi Party had been raising the issue of power and other issues in the assembly. He said that the Aam Aadmi Party would now launch mass agitation to resolve the issues of the people. MLA Aman Arora said that the people of Punjab were being burdened by the agreements made by the government with the private companies in Punjab. He said that due to the policies of the government thousands of crores of rupees had to be paid to the private companies of Punjab because the same commission which used to go to the Akalis now goes to the ruling Congress party. He said that Punjab was one of the states where the highest unit tax was levied which were 9 paise in Chandigarh, 5 paise in UP, and 1 rupee 33 paise in Punjab. He said that it was due to the policies of the Punjab government that the people were getting expensive electricity. " He said that the Aam Aadmi Party would launch a mass agitation to reduce the price of electricity in future which would be continued till the people started getting free electricity.