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The Maharashtra government was charged with conspiracy to give the private conglomerate Adani group control of the state-run power distribution company Mahavitaran by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Preeti Sharma Menon, chairman of the Mumbai unit and national executive member of the AAP, said that the Arvind Kejriwal-led organization rejected the proposed January 4 strike, which included some of the state electricity workers in Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Raigad and other districts. of the state had called for, fully supports it. privatization of government-owned utilities.
An Adani group company applied for a license in November last year to expand its electricity distribution business to new districts of Mumbai. Adani Electricity Navi Mumbai (AENM), along with its listed parent company Adani Transmission, has stated that it has applied to the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) for a distribution license in some areas of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR). The state power distribution company Mahavitaran, which supplies electricity to villages in Maharashtra, is also given to the Adani group by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, Menon said in the statement. These projects include airports, ports, BSES (an energy company acquired by the group) and the Dharavi redevelopment project.
The AAP leader announced that on January 4, electricity workers from Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Raigad and other districts in Maharashtra will strike and demonstrate outside the district office to oppose this "privatization" plan. The AAP fully supports power workers and opposes crony capitalism and the government's privatization strategy, she stated.
