Union Minister for Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw during a press conference on the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government completing 12 years and PM Modi becoming India’s longest-serving elected prime minister, in Jaipur, Thursday, June 11, 2026. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd. has suspended an assistant engineer and an electrician for alleged negligence, and issued a charge-sheet to another officer days after a power outage disrupted Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw’s press conference at the BJP office in Jaipur. The action followed an inquiry into the Thursday (June 11, 2026) incident, when a power failure at the state BJP headquarters interrupted Mr. Vaishnaw’s media interaction. The Minister had to address reporters in the dark for around 10 minutes after electricity supply was disrupted thrice. The power department and the State government faced criticism over the outage, caused by tripping at the 400 KV grid sub-station in Heerapura. Taking serious note of the incident, Energy Minister Hiralal Nagar had appointed a three-member committee to investigate the matter and submit a report. Based …