Punjab News Mous with power firms to be scrapped if voted to power

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B.R
Staff member
Ludhiana October 17:

Former Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh said today that the ruling alliance had awarded power contracts to companies through the MoU (memorandum of understanding) route instead of the tendering process, which was fair.

“According to the MoUs, the companies are not bound to give power to the state, despite the fact that they have been given thousands of acres for setting up thermal plants. So what does Punjab gain from it,” asked the PCC chief. Responding to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal’s statement that if the Congress had any doubt about the MoUs, it could approach the courts, Capt Amarinder said if voted to power, the Congress would scrap these projects and may even ask for a CBI inquiry.

He accused Akali jathedars of pocketing Rs 10-Rs 15 per bag of paddy procured from mandis, resulting in harassment to the farmers. “The jathedars are sitting in the mandis making money and that is why the problems in the procurement process,” he said. Capt Amarinder Singh explained that being courteous with political rivals should not be seen as cessation of differences with them. To a question on his sharing dais with Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal at a function in Chandigarh, he remarked: “Certain social occasions require certain courtesies and the matter ends there.” He said the fight with the SAD would be taken to its logical conclusion. “Do you think I can forget the victimisation of my party workers and the 50,000 false cases slapped on them,” he remarked in response to a question.

 
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