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War of words intensified in Uttar Pradesh connected Monday (May 26, 2026) implicit the energy shortage arsenic absorption parties alleged that nationalist choler is mounting implicit powerfulness cuts, with steps taken by the authorities insufficient. Responding to the criticism, the authorities said the State had achieved its highest-ever energy supply.
“We are continuously witnessing videos and pictures of powerfulness cuts starring to occupation for communal people. I person been the Energy Minister of Uttar Pradesh. There are 2 basal issues that the contiguous authorities failed to grip oregon analyse, which person led to an energy crisis. First, the authorities needs to expect and foretell the wide request for energy during the highest summertime season. The 2nd contented is to grow powerfulness procreation capableness according to the predicted demand. The Energy Department failed successful some of these parameters,” said Pramod Tiwari, Deputy Leader of Opposition successful Rajya Sabha and a elder MP from the Congress party, to The Hindu.
“If the section failed successful measuring the demand, alternate arrangements must beryllium made, but successful this besides the Energy section failed. There are besides issues of corruption which request to beryllium checked,” helium added.
Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidhyut Parishad Abhiyanta Sangh, a national of Electricity workers, alleged that the powerfulness strategy of the State is collapsing owed to the vertical strategy and arbitrariness of the powerfulness management.
“The powerfulness strategy of the State is collapsing owed to the vertical strategy and arbitrariness of the apical management. The Power Corporation absorption has arbitrarily implemented the vertical strategy successful galore metropolitan cities including the superior Lucknow astatine the behest of the capitalists, whereas each the worker organizations had already said that the vertical strategy could derail the powerfulness strategy of the capital, but the vigor absorption did not perceive to anyone and this strategy was forcibly implemented successful a dictatorial manner,” alleged the worker Union, successful an statement.
“As soon arsenic this strategy was implemented, thousands of declaration employees were thrown retired of their jobs successful the superior Lucknow, hundreds of technicians, bureau assistants and different qualified and trained unit were suspended without immoderate reason, and arbitrary orders were imposed connected the powerfulness employees,” the connection added.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) said the government failed to instrumentality contiguous measures to code the hardships and difficulties faced by the public.
“In a State with a immense colonisation similar Uttar Pradesh, successful this play of scorching heat, owed to debased proviso and powerfulness cuts beingness of the poor, mediate class, farmers, tiny businessmen and crores of other hard-working radical person go highly painful, and radical are expressing their choler successful assorted forms. The government failed to instrumentality contiguous measures to code the hardships and difficulties faced by the nationalist regarding energy supply,” said Ammeque Jamei, a enactment spokesperson.
Uttar Pradesh Energy Minister A.K. Sharma said the highest ever electrical supply was achieved successful the State connected May 24.
“Highest ever electrical proviso successful Uttar Pradesh. The State powerfulness proviso touched an all-time precocious of 31,804 MW astatine 22:39 hours last night. Thus, we surpassed our own previous grounds of 31,486 MW recorded connected 11.06.2025. Like erstwhile years, U.P. has near down each different States of the country. Forgetting the established roster system, lone a 1.5-hour mean chopped was done successful agrarian areas past night. Otherwise, we gave 24 hrs proviso everywhere. Electricity workers are devoted and moving time and nighttime to lick the section hindrances too. Your kind cooperation is requested,” wrote the Minister connected X.
