LUCKNOW, March 15 -- The Vidyut Karmachari Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti on Saturday condemned the appointment process of a transaction consultant for the privatisation of Purvanchal and Dakshinanchal power distribution corporations, calling it illegal.

The committee has urged all power employees to remain on high alert for a possible statewide agitation against the privatisation move.

Three private firms - Ernst & Young, Deloitte, and Grant Thornton - were shortlisted in the technical bids opened on Saturday for the consultant position to draft the privatisation roadmap for the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL).

Committee leaders expressed anger over the power corporation management's decision to open the bid, claiming it vio...