Industrialists peeved at state govt's 'high-handedness'

After a recent raid at the industrial unit of the Induction Furnaces Association of North India President KK Garg, representatives of 22 industrial associations have joined hands together to protest against the visit of the Inspector General (Vigilance) of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) and his team.

The industrialists have decided to "teach a lesson" to the ruling Congress government in the forthcoming Punjab assembly elections.

The raid, by a team of around 50 officers including 10 police personnel and IG (Vigilance) of the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) Rohit Chaudhary, was carried out to check "power theft" in the three industrial units.

At a press conference held here yesterday, Apex Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Punjab) President P D Sharma said the state government had adopted an indifferent attitude towards them.

Speaking to Business Standard, Sharma said CM Amrinder Singh had been inaccessible for about four and half years and "we had no choice but to apprise him about our demands through the media".