Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 18: Federal executive meeting of All India Power Engineers Federation (AIPEF) hosted by Jammu and Kashmir Electrical Engineering Graduates Association was held in Srinagar today which was chaired by Shailendra Dubey, Chairman AIPEF and participants from all the state constituents.
All India Power Engineers Federation is celebrating its golden jubilee year and the first meeting of the AIPEF was held in Srinagar today. JKEEGA president Sachin Tickoo and general secy Peerzada Hidaytullah welcomed the delegates at the AIPEF meeting.
About 50 delegates mainly from Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Delhi, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Damodar Valley Corporation participated in the meeting. Federation chairman Shailendra Dubey, secretary general P Ratnakar Rao, chief patron Padmajit Singh, patron K Ashok Rao and PN Singh, besides presidents and general secretaries of Electricity Engineer Associations of various provinces attended.
Shailendra Dubey, while terming Electricity (Amendment) 2022 as anti-people and anti-employee called upon the power engineers across the country that the time has come to stop this anti-people bill. “We will have to come on the road and one has to be ready for a nationwide strike in protest against any unilateral action of the Central Government,” he added.
Dubey said that a huge rally will be held in Delhi on November 23. Before the rally, four Bijli Kranti Yatras will be started from the eastern, southern, western and northern parts of the country which will turn into a massive demonstration in Delhi on November 23. A massive public awareness campaign will be launched by mobilizing electricity employees and common electricity consumers through Electricity Revolution Yatras.
He said J&K Power engineer’s are suffering on account of non- regularisation, stagnation at all levels, hundreds of vacancies are lying unfilled at all levels.
Ratnakar Rao, chief patron Padamjit Singh and patron Ashok Rao, PN Singh and office bearers from different provinces resolved to wage a decisive struggle against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022.
Federal executive meeting passed the resolutions for integration of power corporations, restoration of old pension, stop all kind of privatization, regularisation of daily rated workers.
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