Telangana State Power Engineers Association (TSPEA) has objected to the statement of Union Power Minister R.K. Singh to place and pass the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the monsoon session of Parliament.
President of the association P. Rathnakar Rao and general secretary P. Sadanandam said in a statement on Friday that placing the bill in Parliament without taking the power employees and engineers into confidence would be an open violation of the written assurance given to farmers by the Centre. About 27 lakh electricity employees and engineers of the power sector across the country would be forced to go on strike against any unilateral move to rush through the bill in Parliament.
They stated that All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) had appealed to all the Chief Ministers and administrators of Union Territories to oppose the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the larger interests of the energy sector and electricity consumers. It had also urged its State units to oppose the Centre’s decision to introduce the bill in the coming Parliament session.
