Chandigarh, September 6-Punjab BJP State President Kewal Singh Dhillon has strongly condemned the Aam Aadmi Party government for its incompetence, mismanagement and constantly changing false claims regarding the power sector. Dhillon said there is a vast difference between the AAP government’s claims and the ground reality, and the people bearing the brunt of this failure today are Punjab’s industrialists, farmers, traders and the general public.
Referring to government data and the government’s earlier statements, BJP State President Dhillon exposed the political and administrative contradictions of the AAP government. He said that in December 2022, when the Pachhwara coal mine became operational, the Punjab Chief Minister had claimed that the state had sufficient coal for the next 30 years and would soon emerge as one of the country’s leading power-surplus states. The Chief Minister repeated this claim in April 2026, stating that thermal plants had coal stocks sufficient for months and that there was no shortage.
He said that the Punjab Power Minister is now admitting that a severe shortage of coal has resulted in a 1,500 MW decline in power generation, while private thermal plants are operating at only half their capacity.
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