Capt Amarinder responsible for acute power shortage: SAD

Chandigarh/Moga, July 2

The SAD today protested against the erratic power supply at several places in the state. SAD and BSP workers, took to the streets in Moga, Barnala, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Kotkapura, Mansa, Bathinda, Muktsar, Fazilka, Abohar, Ludhiana and other areas of Malwa.

Distributes hand fans

Ropar: SAD and BSP leaders on Friday played Congress MP Mohammad Sadiq’s song, Kalkatyon pakhi liya de, jhallungi saari raat, during a free distribution of hand fans in protest against the power cuts here. SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema said they distributed hand fans in the town to make the government realise the plight of people. On Saturday, hand fans would be distributed in villages.

SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal led the protests at Ghubaya village in Fazilka and Lambi in Muktsar. Addressing protesters outside a power station at Ghubaya, he alleged CM Capt Amarinder Singh, who also holds the power portfolio, had never called a meeting of officials concerned to improve the electrictiy situation in the state. The government did not make any attempt to ensure timely maintenance of the Lehra Mohabbat plant as well as a unit of the Talwandi Sabo plant, which led to their closure, he said.

In Bathinda, former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal led a protest outside a PSPCL office. Akalis also protested at Bhagta Bhaika in the district. — TNS

(With inputs from Bathinda, Fazilka & Muktsar)