Political Movement against Privatization of Electricity is the Need of the Hour

Power Workers Strike Nationwide Over Privatization

Today nearly 27 lakh electricity employees throughout India participated in a one-day symbolic strike to protest against the privatisation of power distribution, especially focussing on the Pudvanchal and Dakshinanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam in Uttar Pradesh.  The strike was called by the National Coordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCEEE), as a notice to the...

Political Movement against Privatization of Electricity is the Need of the Hour

Electricity workers, employees and officers have been on agitation for the last 224 days against the privatization of Purvanchal and Dakshinchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam by the Yogi government. Recently on 22 June, the employees held a big electricity panchayat in Lucknow in which farmers’ organizations as well as consumer organizations also participated. Against this privatization, electricity workers from all over the country have decided to join t…