Power sector employees, engineers protest against Electricity Amendment Bill: AIPEF

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Lakhs of power sector employees and engineers across the country stopped work and held demonstrations in protest against the Electricity Amendment Bill 2022, introduced in Lok Sabha by Union minister R K Singh Monday, the All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) said.
“On the call of the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers, lakhs of electricity employees and engineers across the country stopped work and demonstrated vigorously,” AIPEF said in a statement.
After introducing the Bill, amid protests by the Opposition members in the Lok Sabha, R K Singh urged Speaker Om Birla to refer it to a parliamentary standing committee for wider consultations.
The AIPEF is protesting against the bill saying that it will end all subsidies to power consumers, which would affect commoners especially farmers and the downtrodden.
Shailendra Dubey, chairman, AIPEF, said the Bill has been introduced in the Parliament “in an undemocratic manner with a view to complete privatisation of the energy sector”.
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