Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Assembly on Thursday passed an unanimous resolution urging the Centre to withdraw its Electricity Amendment Bill, 2021, saying it would facilitate free entry of private players into the sector and help vest its entire control with the union government. Setting aside their political differences, the ruling LDF and opposition UDF joined hands in the House to pass the resolution and press the BJP-NDA government at the Centre to withdraw the Bill.
Moving the resolution, Electricity Minister K Krishnankutty said though generally, the Centre used to intervene in the power sector, the matter of power distribution had always been handled by the states.
