Owes ₹ 8 Lakh, Navjot Sidhu, Needling Amarinder Singh Over Power Cuts.
Navjot Sidhu had said there will be no compelling reason to go for power cuts or manage the workplace timings in Punjab if the state acts “in the correct bearing”.
Chandigarh: Congress pioneer Navjot Singh Sidhu, who on Friday was seen censuring his own gathering’s administration over the power circumstance in Punjab, owes over ₹ 8 lakh as forthcoming bills to the state power utility, as per official records.
As indicated by the site of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL), power charges worth ₹ 8,67,540 of his Amritsar home are yet to be paid, with Friday as the last date for making the installment.
As per sources, the cricketer-turned-lawmaker owed more than ₹ 17 lakh since last year. He paid ₹ 10 lakh in March and now his duty have taken off to almost 9 lakh, they said.
Mr Sidhu was not accessible for remarks notwithstanding rehashed endeavors, news office PTI detailed.
As Punjab reels under unscheduled force cuts, Mr Sidhu put out nine tweets assaulting Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh over the state’s force emergency, demonstrating that it would take more than gatherings with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to quietness him as the Congress fights a tenacious quarrel in front of surveys in the state.
“There is no requirement for power cuts in Punjab or for the Chief Minister to control office timings or AC utilization of the ordinary citizens … on the off chance that we act the correct way,” the cricketer-turned-lawmaker wrote in a Twitter string.
Amarinder Singh is responsible for the force service; Mr Sidhu had been offered the service when he surrendered in 2019 over what he saw as a downsize in his job in the state government.
The Punjab government on Thursday had decreased timings of government workplaces and requested slice down on power supply to high energy-devouring ventures as the power interest in the state took off to more than 14,000 MW a day.
The power lack has become a significant political decision issue with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party in any event, promising 300 units of free capacity to each family if the gathering wins the surveys due ahead of schedule one year from now.
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