In yet another scathing attack on Delhi CM ArvindKejriwal and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) in a series of tweets, Navjot SinghSidhu said “Delhi Govt wants Punjab’s lifeline our Thermal Power Plants to shutdown in middle of Punjab’s Power crisis”.
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu in hisrecent tweet said “Today, Forces bent-upon Punjab’s destruction are clearlyvisible ... 1. Delhi Govt wants Punjab’s lifeline our Thermal Power Plants toshut down in middle of Punjab’s Power crisis leaving Punjabis helpless in thissimmering heat & our Farmers suffer in this Paddy-sowing season!!”
Not just this, slamming the Akalis, Sidhu wrote, “Badals-signedPPAs with Thermal Power Plants & Majithia as Minister Renewable Energy(2015-17) signed PPAs for 25 Years for Solar Power at Rs 5.97 to 17.91 per unitto loot Punjab knowing cost of solar is decreasing 18% per year since 2010& is Rs 1.99 per unit today”.
Earlier, on Wednesday, in six tweets, Sidhu spoke aboutPunjab’s power demands, saying the need of the hour for the state is to have a'Punjab model'.
“Politics without work on policy is merely negativecampaigning and politicians without a pro-people agenda are here just forbusiness,” he said, adding that “politics without development has no meaning”for him.
Meanwhile, the tussle in the Punjab Congress seems to becoming to an end as Sidhu has weakened his attacks over his own party and Punjab CM while he has been targeting Congress oppositions AAP and SAD overpower crisis.
Besides, the sources have further suggested, as the ballis in Congress chief's court, Sidhu could be accommodated as PPCC Chief.Additionally, the High Command has already cleared that the upcoming assemblyelections in the state will be contested under the patronage of Capt AmarinderSingh as majority of the Congress leaders including MPs and MLAs of the stateunit are in his favor and believes in his governance.
Thus by the end of this week, significant announcementscan be made by Punjab CM beginning from the implementation of the 18 pointspeace broker formula to the Cabinet rejig.