Amritsar, July 15 -- The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) on Monday organised protests in 14 districts, opposing "privatisation" in the power sector. The protests were held outside the offices of chief engineers, superintending engineers and other officials in Amritsar, Jalandhar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran, Firozpur, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala, Muktsar Sahib, Ludhiana, Moga, Fazilka, Pathankot, Faridkot and Bathinda. In Amritsar, state leaders Satnam Singh Pannu and Sarwan Singh Pandher said the state government was aligning with the central government and "misleading" people. Leaders Jasbir Singh Piddi and Savinder Singh Chutala said the Punjab government is buying expensive electricity from private thermal power plants. They stated that the Aam Aadmi Party, before forming the government, had promised to cancel these power purchase agreements. "But the government has been implementing laws since 2020 that aim to completely privatise the electricity board, acting on the directions of the central government," they said. They added that the Electricity Amendment Bill of 2023 is now being reintroduced in Parliament. "This bill seeks to hand over the rights to determine electricity rates to private companies. Prepaid meters are being installed under this policy," said Pandher. Resolutions were passed against the land pooling policy and the tax-free trade agreements between India and the US. They said a large-scale movement would be launched against the land pooling policy....