To the centre's all is well messaging over the coal situation in the country, several states have said that the crisis and concerns over power blackouts are real. Many Chief Ministers have written to PM Modi spotlighting the same. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has called out Power Minister RK Singh's "sufficient" coal stock statement as "irresponsible", adding the same thing was said during the oxygen shortage crisis in the capital during the COVID-19 second wave. "When we had an oxygen crisis, they kept saying there was no such crisis. The coal situation is similar. We have a crisis today," Mr Sisodia said.
