Row over power purchase deal: electricity employees’ forum poses 11 questions to Keralam Chief Minister

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Left-backed Electricity Employees Federation of India (EEFI) has challenged Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to publish the files related to the power purchase deal with GNA Energy OTC. The EEFI leaders said this was necessary since Mr. Satheesan claims that the then KSEB chairman and managing director M.G. Rajamanickam had not objected to the deal. M.G. Suresh Kumar, convener, Research and Development, EEFI, has posed 11 questions to the Chief Minister following the latter’s post-Cabinet press briefing where he claimed that the KSEB had not objected to purchasing power from GNA and that the government had opted for the procurement to avert an additional financial liability of ₹2,200 crore. Comparison with HP offer The EEFI has urged Mr. Satheesan to explain the basis of his claim that GNA would provide more peak-time electricity compared to the offer from the Himachal Pradesh government.