Punjab power outages: SAD blames AAP government’s failure

With temperatures soaring across Punjab and prolonged electricity cuts affecting key cities, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government on Monday (April 27, 2026) claimed that it has moved swiftly to ensure an uninterrupted power supply, even as Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) blamed the government for ‘the complete failure that has left ordinary people struggling’.

Senior SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema said, “The AAP government was directly responsible for the eight-ten hour power cuts in the State, as it failed to make short-term power purchases, execute timely power exchange agreements with hill states and engage in immediate power trading due to an acute shortage of funds. It is a clear case of mismanagement.”