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'Harassment', privatisation: Power staff protest outside min's residence
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|July 23, 2025
Hundreds of power employees on Tuesday staged a four-hour protest outside Uttar Pradesh energy minister Arvind Kumar Sharma's residence here on Tuesday.
The protesting employees accused the govern ment of harassment and backtracking on its written commitments made in 2022 and 2023 regarding privatisation and disciplinary action.
Led by Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti and Rajya Vidyut Parishad Junior Engineers’ Association, the protest included regular and contractual staff, junior engineers, and engineers.
The protesters gathered at Kalidas Marg around noon, raising slogans demanding rollback of the privatisation move and withdrawal of alleged punitive actions taken against them.
This story is from the July 23, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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