Lucknow, March 23 -- Power sector employees from eight northeastern states have extended their support to the ongoing protest by Uttar Pradesh electricity workers against privatisation.

"At a joint conference in Guwahati on Saturday, power employees of northeastern states passed a resolution opposing privatization and warned that if the government does not roll back its decision and continues to suppress employees, they will be forced to launch a protest in solidarity," said Shailendra Dubey, chairman of All-India Power Engineers' Federation and convenor of UP Vidyut Karmchari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti.

Meanwhile, the Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti, has termed the bidding process for appointing a transaction consultant for the privatisation of...