Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday issued one other sequence of tweets – this time claiming that the facility minister can not do a lot as many of the powers are with the chief minister.
The former cupboard minister, who’s presently embroiled in a tussle with Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, stated he spent two years making ready the Punjab mannequin.
“Now, the big question – can the Punjab Power, New and Renewable Energy Minister do this? Not even 1%. All the decision making powers are with the PSERC which reports directly to the CM. Thus, I took my time to figure out a way to return the power of the people back to the people in the Punjab model,” he tweeted.
Hitting out at Badal and the Delhi mannequin alike, Sidhu wrote: “Politics with out coverage work is just unfavorable propaganda and politicians with out pro-people agenda are right here only for enterprise!! Thus, politics with out improvement has no that means for me. Today, I emphasize once more that we’d like the Punjab mannequin for the event of Punjab.
He stated, ‘I will not blame Badal for not having any imaginative and prescient as a result of I do know he does not! Today solar energy is Rs 1.99 per unit, with different advantages like renewable, obtainable onsite (photo voltaic tube-well) and so forth. But Badal-signed defective PPAs have linked Punjab with very excessive paying thermal energy for many years,” he continued.
“No Delhi mannequin! Delhi doesn’t generate its personal electrical energy and distribution is within the palms of Reliance and Tata. Whereas, Punjab generates 25% of its electrical energy itself and distributes it by means of state-owned corps, offering employment to 1000’s of individuals. Delhi mannequin means greater non-public firms than Badal.
He stated that Punjab provides electrical energy subsidy of 10% of its price range (Rs 10,668 crore) however Delhi provides 4% (Rs 3,080 crore) of its price range. Apart from agriculture, Punjab provides 200 models utterly free to fifteen lakh households (SC, BC and BPL), however Delhi prices 50% < 400 and all above 400 models full invoice."
“Delhi does not provide free electricity to farmers and domestic subsidies are given by heavy burden industry and commercial sector. Punjab model means cancellation of faulty PPAs, generation and procurement of affordable/sustainable power, reduction in transmission cost to deliver subsidized power for all,” he stated in one other tweet.
Last week, Sidhu listed a number of causes which he stated had been inflicting Punjab’s energy disaster. He had tweeted, “Punjab has to pay more than other states due to high dependence of Rs 5-8 per unit on 3 private thermal plants.”
He stated, “The Badal authorities had signed PPAs with 3 non-public thermal energy vegetation in Punjab. As of 2020, Punjab has already paid Rs 5,400 crore because of defective clauses in these agreements and it’s anticipated that Rs 65,000 crore of the cash of the individuals of Punjab will probably be paid as fastened prices. Urging the federal government to herald a legislation to declare the agreements invalid, the senior Congress chief had stated, “The Punjab Assembly will at any time have a new law to cap the power purchase cost at the prices available on the National Power Exchange with retrospective effect.” can convey Time.”
He had additionally accused the state authorities of giving “undue and excessive benefits to private thermal plants”.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
