Electricity consumers’ convention to be held in Bengaluru on October 26

All India Electricity Consumers’ Association (AIECA) has organised South India portion energy consumers’ convention in Bengaluru connected October 26, opposing privatisation of powerfulness assemblage and to property for assorted demands.

Addressing property persons successful Dharwad connected October 13, AIECA State portion caput Jnanamurthy said that the normal successful Bengaluru was portion of a bid of conventions being held successful 4 zones of India. The normal volition beryllium held astatine Gandhi Bhavan successful Bengaluru.

Mr. Jnanamurthy said that representatives of energy consumers from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and Telangana would enactment successful the zonal convention. “The nonsubjective of the normal is to fortify the combat against privatisation of powerfulness assemblage and besides to reason astute metres successful Karnataka,” helium said.

Mr. Jnanamurthy said that during the historical farmers’ agitation successful Delhi, farmers had powerfully opposed the 3 draconian workplace laws and besides the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The Union Government had assured farmers that the energy measure would beryllium withdrawn, but had not fulfilled its promise. Expressing solidarity with the energy consumers, representatives of AIKKMS (All India Krishak Khet Mazdoor Sanghathan) would besides beryllium participating successful the convention, helium said.

The each India president of AIECA Swapan Ghosh would inaugurate the convention, successful which a big of activists and leaders from assorted organisations would beryllium addressing the participants, helium said.

Mr. Jnanamurthy said that portion powerfulness is people’s close and indispensable service, the authorities is bent connected making it a commodity of business, which should beryllium powerfully opposed. The caller measure is aimed astatine helping corporates and backstage companies, and each the State Governments are besides supporting it. The normal is being held to fortify people’s question against it, helium said.