"Navjot Sidhu Needs Your Sympathy": Akali Dal Mocks Amarinder Singh
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Navjot Singh Sidhu owes Rs 8,67,540, charged to his Amritsar home, to the Punjab State Power Corporation.
The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today took a dig at Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh over reports of rebel Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's unpaid power bills amid a crisis in the sector. The former cricketer has, for the past many weeks, been needling his own party's state government over several issues, including recent measures taken to tackle the state's difficult electricity situation. "Captian saab, if you are done with torturing Punjab due to power shortage then please do spare some thought for this leader...having not paid power bills which runs into lakhs, this minister needs your utmost sympathy," SAD tweeted today, posting a meme on Mr Sidhu. It tagged both the Congress leaders in the tweet. The Congress leader owes Rs 8,67,540, charged to his Amritsar home, to the Punjab State Power Corporation, according to records. Yesterday was the last date for making the payment. While Mr Sidhu hasn't commented on the matter, he was yesterday heard criticising the Chief Minister for the ongoing power crisis. "There is no need for power cuts in Punjab or for the Chief Minister to regulate office timings or AC use of the common people...if we act in the right direction," Mr Sidhu wrote in a Twitter thread.
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