Protest against Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021
The Hindu
Opposing the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 and moves to privatise the energy sector, a demonstration was staged in front of the head office of Hubballi Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) in Hubba
Opposing the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2021 and moves to privatise the energy sector, a demonstration was staged in front of the head office of Hubballi Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) in Hubballi on Tuesday. The protest was in response to a call given by AITUC-affiliated All India Powermen’s Federation (AIPF), for All India Protest Day against the Bill terming it an effort to privatise the power sector. Addressing the protestors, Gangadhar Badiger of ESCOM Employees Association said that already protests are being staged across the nation against the new farm laws and Electricity (Amendment) Bill. The workers, farmers and the general public are vehemently opposing the these new laws which are being implemented with the sole intention of helping the corporate sector, he said.A group of 13 men from Dakshin Datta Para village in Nadia district, West Bengal, busy transplanting paddy has been catching the eye of many in Mayildathurai district in recent days. A video clip of the Bengali migrant agricultural workers Singing Hindi and Bengali songs while planting paddy at Nallathukudi village here has gone viral.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.