Congress slams NDA govt. over new Adani energy plant venture in Bihar

Congress chief Kanhaiya Kumar, on Saturday (October 4, 2025), whereas making a reference to the upcoming energy plant at Pirpainti in election-bound Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, stated that the “vote thief authorities is land thief too”, in a veiled dig on the BJP-led authorities on the Centre.

“For a number of days, there have been talks of a land survey happening in Bihar, and folks have been doing rounds of native block workplaces, maintaining their land papers in hand, however the true objective of the federal government was to establish lands to be grabbed and hand them over to their associates. Why was over 1,000 acres of land in Bhagalpur given to Adani for the ability venture on the price of ₹1 per acre?” requested the Congress chief whereas addressing media individuals on the occasion headquarters in Sadaqat Ashram in Patna.

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He additionally talked about that the ability venture was initiated by the earlier United Progressive Alliance (UPA) authorities, however later, it was nearly handed over to the Adani Group “underneath questionable phrases”.

Party MLA Shakeel Ahmad Khan and spokesperson Rajesh Rathore had accompanied Mr. Kumar on the press meet.

Earlier, the Congress chief Pawan Khera had charged that at any time when and wherever Assembly elections come and the BJP “feels they’re shedding the ballot, they resort to such presents to Adani”.

“There has been a sample for this, as in Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, energy tasks got to Adani Group earlier than the Assembly elections there. Whenever and wherever they (BJP) really feel they may lose the ballot, such presents are given to the Adani Group,” he alleged.

Mr. Kumar additional questioned the ability charges agreed upon for the venture. “In different States, Adani Group is taking energy contracts at a hard and fast price of ₹3-3.5 per unit, however right here in Bihar (Pirpainti), they’ve been awarded the contract at ₹6 per unit,” he famous.

The venture is prone to be commissioned inside 5 years. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorities in Bihar has allegedly “handed over” the 1,050 acres of land for the two,400 MW ultra-supercritical thermal energy venture at Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district, with a Letter of Award issued to the enterprise group, Mr. Kumar alleged.

“The authorities has taken the land from farmers on the previous price however offered it to the enterprise home on the new price… It’s been a transparent violation of the land settlement too,” he charged.

A group from the Opposition Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) had additionally lately visited Pirpainti to organize a survey report on the upcoming thermal energy venture and the land taken from the farmers there. The group, later, alleged violation of the land settlement by the federal government and in addition reported the woes of farmers whose lands have been taken for the venture.

“This energy venture is anticipated to generate large revenue of about one lakh crore rupees which is able to now go into the coffers of Modi ji [Prime Minister Narendra Modi], as a substitute of frequent folks of Bihar,” Mr. Kumar charged. He additionally alleged that the “venture was meant to be a three way partnership between the State and Central authorities however later, Modi authorities on the Centre withdrew its assist from the venture”.

Earlier, it was stated that the thermal energy has signed a 25-year Power Supply Agreement (PSA) with the Bihar State Power Generation Company Limited (BSPGCL) to provide electrical energy from its upcoming thermal energy venture at Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district, some 300 km from the State capital, Patna. In August, the settlement adopted a Letter of Award (LoA) issued by BSPGCL to Adani Power.

The Pirpainti thermal energy venture is anticipated to generate 10,000-12,000 direct and oblique job alternatives in the course of the building part, and three,000 everlasting jobs “as soon as it will get operational”. The coal linkage for the ability venture plant has been awarded underneath the Central authorities’s SHAKTI (Scheme for Harnessing and Allocating Koyla (coal) Transparently in India) coverage, which ensures gas provide to energy producers “transparently and successfully”.