Chandigarh, October 7
Reacting to the issuance of notices of termination of power purchase agreements (PPAs) to four private power plants, AAP leader and Leader of Opposition Harpal Singh Cheema asked the Congress government to clear its stand on the PPAs with three main private companies. He said the faulty PPAs, reached upon by the previous Badal government, must be scrapped as these were financially harmful to the state.
In a statement, Cheema said the ruling Congress government had started playing new tricks to mislead the people on the issue of cancellation of power deals. “If the government can cancel power agreements with Durgapur, Raghunathpur, Bokaro and Meja Urja power plants, then why can’t it scrap the faulty and costly power pacts reached upon by the previous Badal government?” he said.
Cheema said even former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh and Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu had admitted that unilateral agreements with private companies were robbing Punjab and the people financially. — TNS
Scrap PPAs inked by Akali govt too: AAP
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