India, July 27 -- Uttar Pradesh energy minister AK Sharma issued a stern warning to electricity department officials after receiving public complaints about power outages, accusing them of ignoring orders and lying when questioned.

Highlighting negligence and indiscipline, Sharma said officials were failing to act responsibly. The Samajwadi Party, meanwhile, remarked that the "connection between the minister and officials has snapped."

Opposition leader Akhilesh Yadav also took to X to criticise the state government's handling of the electricity issues, suggesting that power outages would persist as long as the BJP remained in office, and that relief would come only once the party was voted out.

Sharma took to X to call out electricity...