Electricity Mahapanchayat held in Lucknow ; opposition to giving UP Discoms on PPP model intensifies

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Electricity Mahapanchayat held in Lucknow ; opposition to giving UP Discoms on PPP model intensifies

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ December 22,2024

In the “Bijli Panchayat”  held  Lucknow, it was decided that a decisive struggle will be waged with the spirit of “do or die” to get the privatization of Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam and Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam withdrawn. The Bijli Panchayat announced that as soon as the bidding process begins, all the electricity employees and engineers of all the energy corporations will start an indefinite agitation at the same time, which will continue till the privatization of electricity is withdrawn. It was also decided that Bijli Panchayats will be organized in all the districts and projects of the state. In the Bijli Panchayat, it was demanded from the UP government that UPSEB Ltd. should be reorganized to improve the power system.

In a  resolution , the electricity employees and consumers have appealed to the Chief Minister, to  intervene effectively on a very serious issue of public importance like privatization of electricity in 42 districts, so that the management’s conspiracy to sell assets worth billions of rupees to a few corporate houses does not succeed.

Chairman of All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) Shailendra Dubey,  RK Trivedi,   Prashant Chaudhary,   Mohan Sharma and  Subhash Lamba, specially participated in the Bijli Panchayat. Apart from this, officials of all the labor unions also came to the Bijli Panchayat.

All the trade union leaders said in one voice that they fully support the struggle of electricity workers against the privatization of electricity. The trade unions warned that if any harassment is done to even a single electricity employee opposing privatization, then lakhs of employees and workers of the state will not remain silent and will jump into the movement along with the electricity workers. This struggle will continue till the privatization of electricity is withdrawn.

Electricity Mahapanchayat held in Lucknow ; opposition to giving UP Discoms on PPP model intensifies. Convener of NCCOEEEE  Prashant Chaudhary said that if the decision of privatization of electricity in UP is not withdrawn and the electricity employees of UP are forced to protest, then 27 lakh electricity employees will not remain silent spectators

It has been decided in the resolution passed in the Bijli Panchayat that if the UP government starts any unilateral bidding process for the privatization  then an outline of the movement will be announced in due time.

To create widespread public awareness against the decision to privatize Discoms  “Bijli Panchayat” will be organized  in all the districts and projects of the state.