Thiruvananthapuram: Keralam Chief Minister V D Satheesan on Wednesday said that the government never entered into a contract with GNA private platform to purchase power from it and therefore, there was no question withdrawing from it.
Satheesan was speaking at a press conference here after a cabinet meeting chaired by him.
The chief minister, referring to the new reports and remarks by Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the state assembly Pinarayi Vijayan that the government withdrew from the agreement with GNA, said there was no contract with the private platform.
"There was no contract, so where is the question of withdrawing from it," he contended.
He claimed that the power cut crisis experienced by the state was due to the lack of long term planning or any electricity purchase agreement by the previous Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
Satheesan assured that the United Democratic Front (UDF) government will come out with a permanent solution by the end of the month to address the power crisis issue.