Punjab Power engineers warns lightning action against any rush through of EA Bill in Parliament, announces work boycott
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ January 28,2026
PSEB Engineers Association will hold protest meetings across in Punjab and other states will observe work boycott for February 12 Against Power Sector Privatisation and Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025, Warns lightning action against any rush through of EA Bill in Parliament
The PSEB Engineers Association and joint action committee will hold protest meetings in Punjab on February 12, 2026 and other states across country will observe work boycott.
Announcing the decision, Ajaypal Singh Atwal general secretary said that the proposed protest meetings strike reflects the deep-rooted anger and concern of lakhs of electricity employees and engineers against policies that threaten to dismantle India’s public power sector.
AIPEF has also issued a stern warning that if the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 is introduced in Parliament during the Budget Session, power engineers along with power employees across the country will launch immediate lightning actions, including cessation of work and mass street mobilization.
Electricity is the backbone of India’s economy, agriculture, industry and rural livelihoods. The proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2025 and the National Electricity Policy 2026 are a direct attack on affordable power, public ownership, federal structure and national energy security, Dubey stated.
AIPEF has strongly opposed the Union Government’s push towards aggressive privatisation, including multi-licensing in distribution, forced smart metering, PPP and TBCB models in transmission, outsourcing of operations, and contractualisation of jobs. The Federation highlighted the failed privatisation experiment in Chandigarh and warned against similar moves in Uttar Pradesh (PVVNL and DVVNL), Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and other States.
V K Gupta media advisor AIPEF informed that Federation has placed the following key demands before the Government: Immediate withdrawal of the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which promotes privatisation and multi-licensing, threatens cross-subsidies, raises tariffs, and allows private players to cherry-pick profitable consumers. Withdrawal of the SHANTI Act, 2025, which dilutes nuclear safety and accountability while opening the sector to private and foreign interests. Withdrawal of the National Electricity Policy, 2026, which aggressively pushes privatisation across generation, transmission and distribution.
