Chandigarh, April 28
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will stage State wide protests against the extended power cuts being imposed on Punjabis by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in both rural and urban areas on April 30. Disclosing this in a statement here, senior SAD leader Dr. Daljit Singh Cheema said, “Party activists will hold day long protests across the State on April 30 to jolt the AAP government into action”. He said this decision was taken by SAD President Sukhbir Singh Badal in view of the rapidly worsening power situation, which was forcing people across Punjab to endure sleepless nights amid continuous outages.
Dr. Cheema said senior SAD leaders and workers from every assembly constituency would stage protests at local SDM/DC and PSPCL offices, demanding uninterrupted power supply. He said that the crippling power cuts were not accidental. “They are the direct result of poor power planning, failure to secure timely power tie-ups and sheer administrative incompetence. Instead of addressing this crisis, the government remains preoccupied with managing internal instability and threats to its own survival amid large-scale defections of its MPs and leaders”, he added.
