Power staff threaten indefinite agitation if privatisation bid begins

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- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: Electricity employees and engineers in Uttar Pradesh have threatened an indefinite agitation if the state government initiates the bidding process for privatising Purvanchal and Dakshinanchal Electricity Distribution Corporations.

This fresh warning emerged from the "Bijli Panchayat" here on Sunday, where employees vowed to launch a "do or die" struggle to revoke the privatisation decision.

"The indefinite agitation will begin immediately upon the start of the bidding process and continue until the privatisation plan is withdrawn," UP Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukta Sangharsha Samiti convenor Shailendra Dubey said.