Chandigarh-The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched a scathing assault in the direction of the Akali Dal-BJP after the 1200 MW solar energy settlement of the Mann authorities and accused the Akali-BJP authorities of intentionally shopping for costly electrical energy from 2007-2017.
Addressing the media throughout a press convention organized on the celebration headquarters on Friday, Aam Aadmi Party Punjab Chief Spokesperson Malvinder Singh Kang questioned the Akali Dal that in 2023 Mann authorities is ready to purchase electrical energy at Rs 2.50 per unit, then Why was electrical energy bought at Rs 7.5 and Rs 8 per unit in 2008?
Kang stated the Badal authorities intentionally entered into costly energy agreements to learn itself and personal corporations. They defrauded the Punjab exchequer of billions of rupees. He stated that Akali Dal and BJP ought to clarify who benefited from such costly energy agreements.
Kang additionally accused the earlier Congress authorities of buying electrical energy at an costly charge and stated that even within the Congress authorities, electrical energy was bought at the next charge they usually gave advantages to many non-public corporations and politicians on the expense of the individuals’s cash.
Kang stated that within the energy settlement signed in the course of the SAD-BJP and Congress authorities, it was supplied that the Punjab authorities would give a hard and fast quantity to the facility corporations, whether or not the federal government buys the facility or not, whether or not the facility is consumed or not, however the authorities needed to pay this cash. On the opposite hand, within the Mann Government a provision is made that tenders asking for greater than Rs 2.8 per unit wouldn’t be accepted.
Kang stated that the Mann authorities is dedicated to offer free and 24-hour energy provide to the individuals of Punjab. This photo voltaic settlement is proof of that. He stated that regardless of a document demand of 16000 MW energy per day this yr, the Maan authorities supplied energy to the individuals with none disruptions, whereas the Akali and Congress governments used to impose energy cuts for hours.