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Chandigarh, 21 January
On the 44th day of the series of protests started as a protest against handing over the power department of Chandigarh to private hands, the residents of the city staged a strong demonstration in the village of Raipur Kalan.
Under the leadership of Rural Struggle Committee leader Sharanjit Singh Raipur Klan, Young Kisan Ekta leader Kirpal Singh, Janwadi Istri Sabha president Asha Rana, this protest started from the Gurdwara Sahib of the village and went through the village again to the Gurdwara Sahib. ended up at
Addressing the gathering, the leader of Rural Struggle Committee, Sharanjit Singh Baidwan, Raipur Clan, said that the Chandigarh administration has become a complete dictator, which is not ready to listen to the residents of the city. He said that when the people of the city are happy with the performance of the electricity department and the department is running in profit, then the decision of the administration to give it to private hands raises many questions because the administration is engaged in pleasing its favorite companies. is He appealed to Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria to cancel this decision immediately in view of the anger of the people of the city.
Kirpal Singh, president of Yuva Kisan Ekta, said that the coming of a private company in the city will put an additional burden on the electricity bill on the city residents.
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