Siddaramaiah suspects electricity shortage is a ruse to privatise power plants
The Hindu
He opposes privatisation fearing cut in free power supply to irrigation pump (IP) sets of farmers
Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah alleged that the scarcity of electricity might be a creation of the government in an attempt to privatise thermal power plants in Karnataka.
“We have to first understand if the scarcity of coal is artificially created. Karnataka had never faced a power crisis till now; we had excess production compared to demand. As our thermal plants are closed, the requirement of coal is not very high. I see this as an attempt to weaken government-owned power plants and privatise them,” the former chief minister said.
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