Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu allegedly owes more than Rs 8.67 lakh in pending bills, India Today reported on Saturday, citing records of the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited.
According to the power corporation, Sidhu has not paid Rs 8,67,540, issued to him on June 22. This bill is for his home in Amritsar and the last date of payment was on Friday. Sidhu’s last payment, of Rs 10 lakh, was on March 26.
When asked why Sidhu’s power has not been disconnected, Sakatar Singh, the chief engineer at the power corporation in Amritsar, said that he does not know about the pending bill. “Normally, a connection is temporarily disconnected if the consumer fails to make the bill payment within a month,” Singh said. “Following the pandemic, we have asked consumers to pay in installments. We will find out why the payment has not been made.”
Notably, the Congress leader had suggested various measures to tackle the power crisis in Punjab on Friday. In a series of…