Delhi Power Minister Accuses AAP of Collusion with Private Discoms

New Delhi, June 22: Delhi’s Power Minister Ashish Sood launched a sharp attack on the previous Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Monday. He accused the former administration of avoiding financial accountability and colluding with private electricity distribution companies (discoms) to exploit the residents of Delhi.

Welcoming the historic decision by the Delhi High Court to approve the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) audit of discoms, Minister Sood stated that the ruling has fully exposed the failures and hidden agendas of Arvind Kejriwal and his administration.

He emphasized that the current government has always believed in a collusion between the power companies, AAP, and Arvind Kejriwal. In 2015, a special ruling was used as a pretext to falsely claim that a CAG audit of discoms was not permissible. Kejriwal and his government remained inactive, doing nothing.

The Power Minister highlighted that the strong opposition from the discoms against the audit serves as solid evidence of a conspiracy at play. He stated that the move to seek permission for the CAG audit and the discoms’ appeal to the High Court against it proves that the power companies, Arvind Kejriwal, and the AAP government were colluding. They deliberately avoided the audit of accounts while burdening the people of Delhi with regulatory assets.

Sood criticized the previous government for leaving the public with an unjustifiable financial burden. He pointed out that the companies showed neither losses nor a clear shortage of funds, yet Kejriwal’s government left the people of Delhi with a debt of ₹38,000 crores.

Citing the High Court’s remarks, the Power Minister added that the legal clarity has exposed the deceit of the former government. The High Court’s statement that there was no ban on conducting a CAG audit in the 2015 ruling clearly indicates that Kejriwal and the AAP government failed entirely.

Reassuring consumers, the minister mentioned that the formal hearing process by the Lieutenant Governor’s office has already begun. There has been no halt to this process, as the Supreme Court also denied any stay.