Sardar Navjot Singh Sidhu has won the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat three times- Grewal

Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency SAD - BJP Candidate Arun Jaitley will win with big margin- Grewal

Amritsar:
All India Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh.Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that Sardar Navjot Singh Sidhu has won the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat three times. Talking with the media persons at Shaheed Harbans lal Khanna Samarak, District BJP office Amritsar today, Grewal said that in a row if he contested it would have been a bonus but as Shri Arun Jaitley a prominent National BJP Leader and Star Campaigner of our BJP party. He said that  Shri Arun Jaitley has deep family roots with the Amritsar city and to win elections from here would be very easy for the party with heavy margin. Grewal said with the blessings of Shri Arun Jaitley our President of Punjab Pradesh BJP Shri Kamal Sharma has vowed to win the Amritsar seat for Shri Arun Jaitley and working day and night with his team. He said that a close aide Shri Tarun Chugh, General secretary of Punjab BJP. Grewal said that Shri Tarun Chugh is a very staunch protestor against corruption and corrupt practices in the City Amritsar and he has earned a reputation for himself which makes him very popular figure amongst the urban population of Amritsar. Grewal said that Shri Anil joshi Cabinet Minister Local Bodies himself is garnering response from local bodies and under his guidance Shri Bakshi Ram Arora, Mayor who is the Common voice of all councillors of Amritsar Lok Sabha Constituency .The win margin for Shri Arun Jaitley is bound to convert into a landslide win when a seasoned politician like Prof. Rajinder Bhandari who knows what it takes to win an election  is campaigning for Shri Arun Jaitley. In this meeting Former District President Amritsar BJYM Somdev Sharma also addressed the gathering. The meeting marked the presence of Aman Devgan, Rajiv Sharma, Vibhor Aggarwal, Rakesh Sharma, Pankaj Bawa, Sooraj Bawa, Ramandeep Singh, Amar Singh, Bobby Munday, Maninder Raj Singh, Gurmeet Singh and large number of BJP leaders and workers.

Grewal lashed out at the wrong policies of the Congress party

Amritsar, 31 March 2014 -
National Secretary, BJP Kisan Morcha and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal lashed out at the wrong policies of the Congress party in poll campaigns today. Grewal addressed the old BJYM workers meeting at shaheed Harbans lal Khanna Smarak, District BJP office, Amritsar. While addressing the BJP workers, Grewal said that the Congress party which projects itself as saviour of poor people had failed to end the problems of the underprivileged section in the country. Grewal said the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s wave is being felt everywhere. He said that Narendra Modi is an Ambassador of Development. He has emerged as the only alternative for bringing clean and corruption-free politics in India. Besides, he has pro-poor and pro-development agenda for the country which will be beneficial to Amritsar residents too. Grewal a Jat Sikh BJP Leader, said that the minority communities needs all round progress through social and political empowerment, he said as he assured that once it came to power at the Centre, our party BJP would be compensate for the alleged losses with enough and judicious interest. He said that we all needs development in multiplied quantum to enter the election arena. Grewal said that other political parties in India no doubt hand tickets and opportunities to Sikhs, Muslims and others but they are not true to their intention of bringing in a system which would enhance the community's social, economic and educational situation. Grewal said that our party BJP have launched a movement to help for those sections who were separated or got annoyed due to certain misconceptions with the hope that the minorities would come two steps forward in response to our four steps. He appeal to all Voters of Amritsar take an informed decision on April 30 and support SAD - BJP’s MP candidate, Shri Arun Jaitely so that he could work towards your upliftment. In this meeting of Grewal, Former District President Amritsar BJYM Somdev Sharma also addressed the gathering. The meeting marked the presence of Pandit Somdev Sharma, Ramandeep Singh, Amar Singh, Bobby Munday, Gurmeet Singh Grewal, Maninder Raj Singh, Udhey Raj Singh Grewal, Manjit Singh and large number of BJYM workers were present.

BJP will field strong candidates against Rahul and Sonia Gandhi - Grewal

Saharanpur , 29 March 2014 -
BJP Kisan Morcha's National Secretary and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal today said that our party BJP will field strong candidates against Rahul, Sonia Gandhi in Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. After a meeting with BJP workers talking with the media persons here today, he said that the party will field strong candidates against Sonia and Rahul. Party is discussing about many strong candidates to be fielded from Amethi and Raebareli. Asked about Congress Saharanpur candidate Imran Masood's statement against Narendra Modi, Sukhminderpal Singh said his statement showed his disappointment due to Modi's popularity.  "The statement shows disappointment of the Congress candidate as popularity of Modi is rising day by day," Sukhminderpal Singh said. He said when asked about change in SP candidate from Lucknow, said "just wait and watch how political party would changed its candidates from other places too". Stating that he had always done politics of "humanity" and "justice", Sukhminderpal Singh said that due to this he always got support from every quarter.

Nitish kumar and others have understood that Narendra Modi's popularity chart is growing - Grewal

Chandigarh , 28 March 2014 -
National Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh, Advocate Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal has trashed former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's barbs against Narendra Modi, and said that leaders like Nitish kumar and others have understood that Narendra Modi's popularity chart is growing, and therefore, feel the need to make such comments. In a press statement here today Grewal said this has become a fashion to comment against Narendra Modi, as whether it is Nitish Kumar, Rahul Gandhi, Mulayam Singh or anyone else have now realized the ground realities, and therefore, they are throwing stones in the dark. But, let me assure you that with each passing day Narendra Modi's popularity is growing and that is helping us more as people are believing us. Grewal reaction came a day after Nitish Kumar criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that he would would prefer political annihilation rather than allying with that party again. Nitish Kumar also questioned Modi for not replying to data and questions that he had put forward on the Gujarat chief minister's development model. "Narendra Modi did not reply to the data I had put forward. Tribal health centres in Gujarat are in poor state. They lack doctors and proper buildings. One-third of BT Cotton workers are child labourers. Children are exploited in Gujarat," Nitish Kumar said. This is not the first time that Nitish Kumar has attacked the BJP and Narendra Modi. Earlier, he had charged Narendra Modi with being arrogant. He said: "The style of talking and body posture shows who is arrogant. Everybody knows that actually arrogance is pouring from every inch of his body." Nitish Kumar's statement had come days after Narendra Modi at a rally in Purnea had said that the Bihar CM's arrogance was higher than Mount Everest.

BJP's PM Candidate Narendra Modi's popularity has terrified Bihar CM Nitish Kumar - Grewal

Ludhiana , 28 March 2014 -
Bharatiya Janata Party Kisan Morcha's National leader Advocate Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal has trashed former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's barbs against Narendra Modi, and said that leaders like Nitish and others have understood that Narendra Modi's popularity chart is growing, and therefore, feel the need to make such comments. In a press statement here today Grewal said this has become a fashion to comment against Narendra Modi, as whether it is Nitish Kumar, Rahul Gandhi, Mulayam Singh or anyone else have now realized the ground realities, and therefore, they are throwing stones in the dark. But, let me assure you that with each passing day Narendra Modi's popularity is growing and that is helping us more as people are believing us. Grewal reaction came a day after Kumar criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying that he would would prefer political annihilation rather than allying with that party again. Nitish Kumar also questioned Narendra Modi for not replying to data and questions that he had put forward on the Gujarat chief minister's development model. "Narendra Modi did not reply to the data I had put forward. Tribal health centres in Gujarat are in poor state. They lack doctors and proper buildings. One-third of BT Cotton workers are child labourers. Children are exploited in Gujarat," Nitish Kumar said. This is not the first time that Nitish Kumar has attacked the BJP and Modi. Earlier, he had charged Modi with being arrogant. He said: "The style of talking and body posture shows who is arrogant. Everybody knows that actually arrogance is pouring from every inch of his body." Nitish Kumar's statement had come days after Narendra Modi at a rally in Purnea had said that the Bihar CM's arrogance was higher than Mount Everest. Grewal again said that Nitish Kumar, Rahul Gandhi, Mulayam Singh or anyone else have now realized the ground realities, and therefore, they are throwing stones in the dark.

Narendra Modi is an Ambassador of Development, says Grewal

Ludhiana , 27 March 2014 -
BJP Kisan Morcha's National Secretary and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that our party BJP's PM Candidate Narendra Modi is an Ambassador of Development. In press statement after Public meeting in favour of SAD-BJP Candidate Manpreet Singh Ayali here today, he said that he is not a symbol of fear among minorities. Grewal a Sikh BJP Leader from Punjab hit out at vested interests for claiming that the party had not done justice to the Muslim, Sikh and other communities in handing out tickets for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. He said that the minority communities needs all round progress through social and political empowerment, he said as he assured that once it came to power at the Centre, our party BJP would be compensate for the alleged losses with enough and judicious interest. He said that we all needs development in multiplied quantum to enter the election arena. Grewal said that other political parties in India no doubt hand tickets and opportunities to Muslims, Sikhs and others but they are not true to their intention of bringing in a system which would enhance the community's social, economic and educational situation. Grewal said that we have launched a movement to help for those sections who were separated or got annoyed due to certain misconceptions with the hope that the minorities would come two steps forward in response to our four steps. Grewal also condemned Congress, Samajwadi Party and BSP and accused them of painting a false picture of Narendra Modi after they had seen the writing on the wall about a BJP victory in the upcoming lok sabha polls 2014.

In Congress Digvijay Singh a better PM candidate than Rahul Gandhi - Grewal

Fathegarh Sahib , 26 March 2014 -
National Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh, Advocate Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal today said that in Congress party, the General Secretary Digvijay Singh was a better prime ministerial candidate than party's vice-president Rahul Gandhi. In a nukkar meeting in favour of SAD-BJP Candidate Kulwant Singh here today, Grewal was reacting to Digvijay Singh remark made earlier in the day that she would be a better PM candidate than Narendra Modi. He said that even he think that Digvijay Singhji is a better candidate than Rahul Gandhi. On the other hand Digvijay Singh had said Grewal is acceptable to people like Atal Bihari Vajpayee while Modi has sidelined all other leaders in BJP. It's well known to everybody that BJP party had earlier ridiculed Digvijay Singh remark saying it did not need advice from a man who could not "dare" to fight Lok Sabha election and has been involved in his party's three consecutive defeats in Madhya Pradesh. Grewal said that our party BJP has taken a decision after due deliberations. He said that we don't need his advice. But let me ask him who is his party's PM candidate. The courtiers in Congress backed Rahul Gandhi for it but he did not accept the challenge.

10th Barsi of Kesar Singh Grewal ji as SEWA DIWAS at Bhukari Kalan, Ludhiana.

Barsi "SEWA DIWAS" of Master ji, Sardar Kesar Singh Grewal, Namberdar ji at Bhukhari Kalan- Grewal

Dear Brothers and Sisters, 

Have a Nice Day.......

you are requested to attend "SEWA DIWAS" 10 th Barsi of my father Sardar Kesar Singh Grewal ji and free medical eyes check up camp tomorrow 23rd March, Sunday from 12:00 noon at our residence Village Bhukhari Kalan, New Central Jail -Tajpur Road, Ludhiana, Punjab- Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal

Watch it:-         www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyskkpVkgSM

Barsi "SEWA DIWAS" of Master ji, Sardar Kesar Singh Grewal, Namberdar ji at Bhukhari Kalan- Grewal

Dear friends,
Good Morning, you are requested to attend "SEWA DIWAS" 10 th Barsi of my father Sardar Kesar Singh Grewal ji, on 23rd March, Sunday from 12:00 noon at our residence Village Bhukhari Kalan, New Central Jail -Tajpur Road, Ludhiana, Punjab- Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal

Barsi "SEWA DIWAS" of Master ji, Sardar Kesar Singh Grewal, Namberdar ji at Bhukhari Kalan- Grewal

Dear friends,
Good Morning, you are requested to attend "SEWA DIWAS" 10 th Barsi of my father Sardar Kesar Singh Grewal ji, on 23rd March, Sunday from 12:00 noon at our residence Village Bhukhari Kalan, New Central Jail -Tajpur Road, Ludhiana, Punjab- Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal

To get membership of our NGO "Lok Sewa" gave a call on my CELL NO: 9914000337 - Grewal

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Sat Sri Akal !!

I request you to attend "SEWA DIWAS" as Programme given below, I shall be very grateful to you. With Warm Regards- Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, Cell No: 9814000337

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Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, B.A.,LLB (Advocate)
National Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha, Incharge, Himachal Pardesh
National Secretary, FAIPT, Fedration Of All India Petroleum Traders
Incharge, North Zone (Petrol Pumps)
Chief Patron, Petrol Pump Dealers Association, Punjab.
Former Vice Chairman, PSIEC , Government Of Punjab.
Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Ltd.
Former Punjab State President , BJYM
Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Punjab BJP Youth Wing)
Former Punjab State President, BJP Investor Cell
Former Punjab State Member, FCI.
Food Corporation Of India , Government Of India.
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Rahul Gandhi take back remark on RSS link to Gandhi killing - Grewal

Chandigarh , 12 March 2014 -
National BJP leader Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal today asked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to take back his "baseless" allegation of involvement of RSS in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. After a nukkar meeting talking with the media persons here today he said, "Rahul had levelled the allegation against the world's largest socio-cultural organisation saying RSS men were behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The fact is that the Kapoor Commission, which probed Gandhi's assassination, had stated in its report that the allegations against RSS on the issue were totally baseless". Grewal while taking a dig, he asked Congressmen to study history to know the correct facts. He stated, " after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the then government had imposed a ban on RSS but within six months Congress Party admitted that RSS had no role in the Mahatma's killing and all allegations levelled against RSS on the issue are baseless". Grewal said I, urge Congress leaders to request their vice-president to take back the baseless allegations levelled by Rahul Gandhi against the RSS on the issue. It's well known to everybody that addressing a rally in Thane District of Maharashtra on March 6, Rahul had said "RSS people killed Gandhiji and today their people (BJP) talk of him, They also opposed Sardar Patel and Gandhi ji." Grewal told that our party BJP has already moved the Election Commission against Rahul over his remarks. Grewal also asked the Centre to make public the report of the commission that probed the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984. He said that " I, wanted to know under what conditions this report was not made public. I demand from the Prime Minister and the Congress leadership to make this report public so that people will come to know the circumstances behind the assassination of Indira Gandhi." He also charged Congress party has lost dignity and control over words. Grewal said that like Rahul Gandhi other leadership of Congress party also control over words. Grewal said that Rahul's mother now Congress president Shmt. Sonia Gandhi remark's of zeher ki kheti (sowing seeds of poison) is symptomatic of state of depression in Congress and because of this Shmt. Sonia Gandhi sometimes terms BJP poisonous and sometimes a thief."

PSPCL liable to pay for deficient services in Punjab State - Grewal

Chandigarh , 11 March 2014 -
A little known fact is that the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is liable to compensate power consumers in case of a delay in repairing overhead line breakdowns, underground cable breakdowns, transformer failure, streetlight faults, voltage fluctuations, replacement of burnt and faulty meters, release of new connection etc.
The Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission has specified critical distribution parameters to provide efficient, reliable and safe system of power supply through its regulations provided in the supply code, said Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal, former vice-chairman of the Punjab Small Industry Export Corporation.
He said as 99.9 per cent power consumers were not aware of the supply code, they never sought compensation in case the PSPCL defaulted in replacing a burnt meter within five days of submitting the application, releasing a new connection within 30 days and repairing overhead line breakdowns in six hours in urban area and 12 hours in rural areas. He said because of this ignorance, consumers failed to get efficient services from the PSPCL.
Grewal said he had started a campaign in rural areas to make people aware of the supply code.
He said for a delay in repairing an overhead line, the PSPCL was liable to pay Rs 50 to the affected consumer in cities while the fine was more in rural areas. "There is a provision for compensation for each deficiency in service on the part of the PSPCL," he said.
Grewal said there were 65 lakh power consumers in the state. He said the PSPCL had received up to 2,500 applications for compensation in a year against “hundreds of complaints daily”.
He said he would meet chairman of the commission tomorrow to seek an independent mechanism to enlist the complaints, verify facts and announce compensation for the affected consumers.

‘One note one vote’ Ludhiana BJP drive kicks off today - Grewal

Ludhiana , 10 March 2014 -
BJP Kisan Morcha's National Secretary and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh Advocate Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that with an eye on reaching out to at least 10 crore families in the country, BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi would unveil the “one note, one vote” campaign today at Ludhiana. Talking with the media persons here today on the occasion of "one note one vote" after drive kicks off at Kishore Nagar, Tajpur Road Ludhiana with BJYM workers Grewal said that the ‘one note, one vote’ campaign aims at party workers reaching the voters at their doorstep with a plea to vote for the BJP and seeking funds to meet election expenses. He said if we count four votes in a family, in the country we are seeking 40 crore voters. The party workers would fan out at the booth level and would seek voluntary contributions. Grewal said that our party workers would collect one note from every household, in denominations ranging between Rs 5 note and Rs 1,000 in the steel boxes designed for this occasion. He also stated that our party BJP is prepared for the upcoming elections and aims to win a clear majority on its own strength’, as the world’s largest democracy goes to polls after the Election Commission announced the dates, dubbed as the largest elections to be held in nine phases. He said that political parties were joining forces with the BJP due to its mass appeal and the promise to give stable and corruption free government. He said that it's very natural that more and more people are joining BJP, as everybody can see the inclination of the masses toward the party. And this inclination towards BJP is growing with time. Grewal said that I am very confident that the BJP will attain clear majority in the next coming General Elections in our country. At this time Dharmawati Mishra, Amit Gosain , Jagdish Sharma , Harsh Sharma , Sumit Tandon , Lalit Aggarwal , Brijesh Patel, Deepak Katyal ,Dharmendra Sharma, Satish Aggarwal , Arun Patel , Heera , Amar , Shravan Tiwari , Chander shekhar , Rakesh , Rajbeer Singh , Sandeep Rana , Gagan , Mona , Bintu , Jinder , Kari , Vicky , Rodda , Rahul , Alok , Neela , Vicky Verma , Mukesh Gupta , Happy Singh , Balkar , Mukesh Khurana , Jinder Singh , Jatinder Singh , Prince , Vikas Bedi , Subedar , Happy Kumar , Nishu , Money , Sunil Mishra , Rajiv Kumar , Sarvesh , Nazim , Mahesh , Manga , Rinku Bansal , Sandeep Singh , Navjot , Bindu , Monu Mental , Amanjit , Amandeep , Parmod Sharma and other BJYM workers were present.

Chai Pe Charcha on International Women's Day celebrated all over India - Grewal

Ludhiana , 8 March 2014 -
The second round of BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s ''Chai Pe Charcha" (discussion over tea) will be on the International Women’s Day in India between 4 pm to 6.30 pm. On this occasion here today, in Kishore Nagar ward No 9, Tajpur Road, Ludhiana Grewal told reporters on that the programmes will be also in rural areas, the direct discussion with Narendra Modi would be telecast live across all the centres. He said that the Mahila Morchas have already identified the locations for the discussion and about 200 women are expected to participate in each centre in India. Grewal stated that the discussion of Narendra Modi revolves around three issues ''share, question and suggest." While the women can share the problems they face locally, they can ask questions to Narendra Modi on his views about women empowerment and give suggestions about safety of women. He said the  Congress led UPA's Centre Government has utterly failed to assure women’s safety and it is evident in the failure of the police to nab the accused in the ATM attack case despite having the pictures of the accused. Grewal regretted that without any legwork, including recruitment of sufficient women police personnel, the Government has permitted extension of night life. Grewal told that Mahila Morcha organized Chai Pe Charcha interactive session with our BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in the country.

Rethink on FDI in retail unlikely - Grewal

Chandigarh , 7 March 2014 -
Days after Narendra Modi suggested that BJP might tilt in favour of FDI in retail, All India Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said a rethink on the issue was unlikely. BJP has steadfastly opposed FDI in retail. In a press statement here today Grewal said that as far as FDI in retail is concerned, the BJP has genuine concerns against this and I don't think, it is quite likely, that policy is going to be changed. He, however, did not dismiss the idea completely. As far as present is concerned, I think it is quite unlikely that the BJP will change, he said, noting that no policy was a policy for the next 100 years. Addressing a traders' conference in Delhi on Thursday, Modi had asked the trading community not to run away from global challenges but adapt itself to modern practices like tying up with bigger stores and online trading, without referring to FDI in retail. Grewal admitted that the BJP was consciously trying to woo the Muslim community ahead of elections and said the party will go full length to implement its three underlined convictions of security, equality and economic progress towards them. There is nothing wrong in it. It's a good sign for India. It's a good sign for BJP. It's a good sign for the minority community members. We and everybody has evolved, It's an appeal being made, he said and admitting that the BJP was making an effort to reach out to the community. Grewal said as far as Muslims were concerned, BJP was not a party that would go on the track of vote bank politics and have religion-based reservation for Muslims. On Pakistan, he said talks and terror could not co-exist and BJP's desire to talk would not outweigh the other surrounding circumstances. Grewal said that the attitude of BJP towards Pakistan if they came to power would be the same as it was during the NDA regime under Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This whole passion and desire that you continue to have dialogue at the highest level irrespective of what the response of Pakistan is. If you have Pakistan's attitude which is not responsive, it is not necessary that the heads of government meet, he said. On the recent Navy accident, he attacked defence minister A K Antony for stopping procurements and turning the situation in the forces to a crisis level and promised to reverse it if BJP came to power in the country.

Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal lashed out at the PSPCL for poor consumer services

Ludhiana , 6 March 2014 -
BJP's national secretary Sukhminder Singh Grewal on Monday lashed out at the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) for poor consumer services and not adhering to the performance standards mandated by Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC).

Grewal, also the former vice-chairman of Punjab Small Industry and Export Corporation, said this while speaking to mediapersons here today.

"Several business houses are keen to invest in Punjab now and we have to check for providing good services," he maintained. The PSERC has specified distribution parameters to provide efficient and reliable power supply.

Grewal said these minimum standards of performance (MSOP) provide strict timeframe to resolve various consumer grievances such as overhead line breakdown, underground cable breakdown, distribution transformer failure, power transformer failure, street light faults etc.

He said the PSERC had mandated a compensation to consumers in case of non-fulfillment of these minimum standards of performance. He said compensation varies from Rs. 50 to Rs. 5,000 in case of each default.

He claimed that PSPCL neither fulfilled the MSOP nor compensated the consumers for lapse and also failed in resolving the specific complaints within four hours or remitting the compensation.

Grewal said even as the PSERC mandated the registration of each and every complaint filed by the consumers verbally, telephonically or in writing, there was hardly any such effective system in place to register or address the consumer complaints.

"According to the annual revenue requirement (ARR ) filed by the PSPCL with the PSERC, only 2,462 complaints were received in a year from over 65 lakh consumers in Punjab. On an average, over 10,000 complaints are received daily by PSPCL which means it had fudged the ARR figures to avoid compensation and save itself from action by PSERC," Grewal added.

Grewal said he would write to RajyaSabha MP and party's Punjab affairs in-charge Shanta Kumar, SAD president and deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Punjab BJP chief Kamal Sharma among others to pass strict instructions to the PSPCL in this connection in the state.
 

Power commission allows PSPCL to introduce VDS - Grewal

Patiala , 5 March 2014 -
BJP Kisan Morcha National Secretary and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that the power regulator has approved the voluntary disclosure scheme (VDS) for domestic supply, small power/medium supply and agriculture power consumers to increase their power loads, a major demand of the farming community. Talking with the media persons here today he said that with water level going down every year, farmers resort to use of submersible pumps to pump water, which consumes more than two time electricity than traditional water pumps. Thus, farmers were facing threat of penalty, as most of them switched to submersible pumps, without making addition to their sanctioned power load. He said that Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) allowed the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited to introduce the VDS. The VDS scheme shall be initially introduced for a period of two months and will be extended by one month depending upon the response of consumers. During the pendency of the scheme, there will not be checking of connected load and no penalty will be levied for unauthorized extension of load. As per the proposal, the PSPCL will allow 20 per cent rebate on service connection charges for the consumers. Service charges shall be applicable on extended load only. The augmentation of service line/ transformer shall be done by the PSPCL. In case of agriculture consumers, the total load shall not exceed 20 BHP and for load exceeding 20 BHP, metered supply shall be given.  Small and medium power consumers shall be allowed to declare the unauthorised load to the extent of 100 per cent, provided there is no change of category. Earlier also, there had been a very good response to the voluntary disclosure scheme for voluntarily disclosing unauthorized load by various category consumers. In view of the fact that most of the farmers have unauthorised load, farmer unions during various protests and at meeting with the government, were demanding VDS for the farming sector. Grewal said that It's a welcome move. Now the farmers who had changed their tubewells to submersible motors can get the benefit of the scheme in Punjab.

PSPCL in the dock over non-payment of interest - Grewal

Ludhiana , 4 February 2014 -
National BJP leader and Secretary All India Kisan Morcha Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal today raised an alarm over the non-payment of interest on advance consumption deposit (ACD) to consumers by Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) in Punjab. Talking with the media persons here today, he said the annual revenue report of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (ARR) has revealed that it would have a liability of over Rs 1,300 crore as interest on the advance consumption deposit (ACD) towards consumers in 2014 -15. Grewal said the advance consumption deposit is paid by the consumers at the time of getting connections. He said that as per the Electricity Act, 2003, the Punjab government bifurcated the PSEB into PSPCL (distribution and generation) and PSTCL (transmission) on 16th April 2010. Before this, the state government formed the Supply Code, 2007. He said that besides, PSPCL recovered the ACD from consumers using above 100 kw in 2010 and the consumers who used between 20 kw and 100 kw from 2013 to 2014. During this time, it also recovered the ACD from domestic and commercial consumers. He told the ADC stood at about Rs 1,501 crore on April 16, 2010 and PSPCL paid Rs 88.31 crore as interest for 2010-11 to consumers. Grewal added that the calculations suggested that Rs 88.31 was the interest on Rs 654.15 crore and the interest on Rs 847.17 remained unpaid out of a total of Rs 1,501 crore. Grewal stated that the Clause 15 of the Supply Code says that PSPCL would take security from the consumers. However, its section 17.4 also made it clear that in case of its failure to pay 12.25 per cent interest on the ACD to consumers, it would have to pay the double of the interest to consumers. Grewal said that there will be a burden of about Rs 1,300 crore on PSPCL in the next fiscal. As per the Supply Code, the ACD is being recovered from consumers for extension of load, change of name, change of tariff and category, power theft, regularisation of load under various schemes of VDS and others.

PSPCL is providing poor services to the Consumers in Punjab - Grewal

Ludhiana , 2 March 2014 -
National Secretary BJP Kisan Morcha and Prabhari Himachal Pradesh Advocate, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal said that our SAD-BJP Government has made several efforts to boost the industrial sector in Punjab state. Talking with the media persons here today, Grewal said due to these efforts of SAD-BJP Government as result several business houses are keen to invest in our Punjab. Our Punjab Government had undertaken many power reforms to further facilitate Industrial Houses such as unbundling Punjab State Electricity Board into Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL). The intent was to increase the efficiency but unfortunately the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) is providing poor services to the Consumers in Punjab. These services and absolute non-adherence of Standards of  Performance mandated by Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) appointed by Government of Punjab. Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) has specified critical distribution parameters to provide efficient, reliable and safe system of Electricity through its regulations provided in its Supply Code. These Minimum Standards of Performance provides strict timelines to resolve various Consumer grievances viz. Normal Fuse Off, Overhead Line Breakdowns, Underground Cable Breakdowns, Distribution Transformer Failure, Power Transformer Failure, Street Light Faults, Period of Scheduled Outage, Voltage Fluctuations, Meter Complaints, Release of New Connection, Transfer of Title or Conversion of Services, Shifting of Meter/Service Connection and other Services, Complaints about Consumer’s Bills and restoration of Supply. Grewal said that the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) mandates a compensation to the Consumer in case of non-fulfillment of these Minimum Standards of Performance. Compensation varies from Rs 50/- to Rs 5000/- for each default for each Consumer. It is well known that Punjab State Power Corporation Limited neither fulfils these Minimum Standard of performance (MSOP) nor compensates any Consumer towards any such lapse whereas Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) mandates payment of such compensation by the way of adjustment in Electricity Bills. For instance, Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) mandates a normal fuse off complaint shall be addressed within 4 hours in cities, towns and urban areas and in case Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) fails to resolve the complaint within 4 hours, it shall remit Rs 50/- as compensation by the way of adjustment in the next bill of the Consumer. Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) mandates registration of each and every complaint filed by the Consumer verbally, telephonically or in writing as per a duly approved Consumer Complaint Handling Procedure whereas there is hardly any such effective system in place to register and address consumer complaints. According to the Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) filed by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) with the Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC), it received only 2462 complaints in a year from over 65 Lac Consumers across Punjab whereas on an average more than 10000 complaints are received daily by the Punjab State Power Corporation Limited which clearly means Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) had fudged Annual Revenue Requirement (ARR) figures to avoid compensation and save itself from the wrath of Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC). Grewal demanded to pass strict instructions to Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) to ensure registration of each and every complaint and its quick resolution, adhere to the Minimum Standard of performance (MSOP) as mandated by Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) and compensate each and every Consumer in case of any failure on its part. Grewal said that he has also sent Regd. Letter’s on, 30 January 2014 to Hon’ble Sukhbir Singh Badal, President, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Deputy Chief Minister and Power Minister,Government of Punjab, Chandigarh, Hon’ble Ram lal ji, National General Secretary BJP (Org), 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi, Hon’ble Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja ji, PRO Investments,1st floor, Nirmal Complex, Near Baba Namdev Chowk, Civil Lines, Jalandhar, Hon’ble Shanta Kumar MP, ( Rajya Sabha ) Prabhari Punjab Pradesh, 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi Hon’ble Shyam Jhaju, National BJP Secretary and Seh-Prabhari Punjab, 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi, Hon’ble Om Prakash Dhankar, National President BJP Kisan Morcha, 11 Ashoka Road, New Delhi, Hon’ble Kamal Sharma, Punjab State President , BJP Punjab Headquarters, Sector 37-A, Chandigarh, Hon’ble Ajay Jamval, General Secretary (Org), BJP Punjab Headquartes, Sector 37-A, Chandigarh, Hon’ble Tikshan Sud, Political Advisor to CM Punjab, Kothi No-1368 Sector- 19 C,  Chandigarh, Hon’ble Fool Chand Jain ji, RSS Vibhag Sang Chalak, House No: B19- 357/1 Hira Singh Road, Ludhiana for Information and necessary action.