Arrest Capt. Amarinder in Power theft case:PPP

Manpreet Singh Badal

The Punjab Peoples Party (PPP) today demanded that the state government should register a case of power theft against former chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and arrest him in this case. The chief spokesperson of the party Bir Devinder Singh said here in a release that if news published in the various newspapers regarding RTI information was correct suggested than it was very serious matter and a non- bailable offence. He said Capt Singh should live such life which was ane example for others as he remained Chief Minister of the state fro full five years and now he was a MLA. It was astonishing matter to note that the seals of power meters were allegedly broken and some meters were dead, he added.

He also lashed upon the officials of Powercom and questioned that why they have not sent bills on teh basis of load and average. It was very serious matter and a high level inquiry should be initiated by the powercom officials, he demanded.

Arrest Amarinder for power theft: Bir Devinder Singh

Offenders of power theft should not go scot free: Bir Devinder

Patiala 25 June : Former deputy speaker of Punjab Bir Devinder Singh today demanded immediate arrest of former Punjab chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh for alleged gigantic power theft and blatant irregularities committed at Moti Bag, Patiala the residence of Amarinder Singh. In a statement issued here today Singh said, If the information obtained under the Right to Information Act, which appeared in the Punjabi Daily, is factually correct then a serious offence is made out against the offender the law of the land. He said that Amarinder Singh, who happened to be the Chief Minister of Punjab once and now MLA from Patiala besides being the President of the principal opposition party of Punjab, the congress, is expected to live by example. Such a colossal misuse of authority and committing grave offence of gigantic power theft should not go unobserved and unpunished. Offenders should not go scot free, no matter what public status or official authority they enjoy. They must be booked under the relevant provisions of the law, that deals with the power theft and other enormous irregularity they had committed, in utter disregard of the law of the land, sans their political position in the Indian polity, he added. He further added that the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd apparently follow the dictates of the legendary Proverb, Law grinds the poor and the rich rule the law in latter and spirit. Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. should either take immediate explicit action or supply domestic power free of cost, to all the consumers of the State, forthwith, he demanded . I wonder as to why Capt. Amarinder Singh has not responded to the media reports, so far and conspicuously refrained from joining the issue, who is otherwise in the habit of joining issues on the gaudy-gaudy things of no consequence, he said adding the general public of the state of Punjab is impatient to know his version of the alleged massive power theft being committed at his Patiala Moti Bag residence, as per the information supplied by the POWERCOM under the Right to Information Act.