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Voter indifference worries parties
Corner meetings replace big rallies
Ludhiana, February 3
Prevailing election mood can be best described in one word - indifference. The lack of colour and interest has never before been so pronounced in the past, as it is this time. There is hardly any traditional activity to indicate that the electioneering is on and polling is just round the corner.
Kids dressed as Krishna and Sudama go for a ride on a bicycle in Nehru Rose Garden in Ludhiana.
— Photo Inderjeet Verma
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POLL SCENE
Leaders make hectic rounds of constituencies
Ludhiana, February 3
The Vishwakarma Samaj Party, Punjab, has decided to extend support to the Congress-CPI combine candidates in the Assembly poll. At a meeting held under the chairmanship of Mr Gurbachan Singh, the party president, Mr Kulwinder Singh Virdi, observed that only the Congress could improve the situation of backward sections.
CPI-ML (Liberation) cautions against WTO
Ludhiana, February 3
The Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (Liberation) has opposed the World Trade Regime and said that it would spell doom for Indian farmers, who were not in a position to compete with farmers of developed countries. He said the WTO would introduce unfair competition and the Indian farmers would be at a great loss.
Dawer accuses Gosain of land-grab
Ludhiana, February 3
The Congress candidate from the Ludhiana East, Mr Surinder Dawer, has accused his rival and the Assembly Deputy Speaker, Mr Satpal Gosain, of using his influence to get the Waqf land allotted in his name. He claimed that he had documentary evidence to prove his point.
Congress candidate in the Ludhiana East constituency Surinder Dawer and the newly appointed PCC general secretary Ashok Prashar Pappi at a rally organised in the area.
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Urban
Estate residents back Birmi
Ludhiana, February 3
Residents of Urban Estate, Dugri, today assured their support to the common candidate of the Indian National Congress and the Communist Party of India, Mr Malkit Singh Birmi, from the Ludhiana (Rural) constituency in the Punjab Assembly elections.
Is Bhatia on way out?
Ludhiana, February 3
If the sequence of events during the last three days is any indication, Mr Amarjeet Singh Bhatia, vice-president of the Shiromani Akali Dal, appears to be on his way out of the party.
Having lost the ticket nomination to his arch rival and the acting
district president, Mr Avtar Singh Makkar, he had never been
disappointed to the degree he feels today.
Campaigning gets artistic flavour
Ludhiana, February 3
With Assembly elections round the corner, political leaders are not hesitating to taking the help of artistes, comedians and singers of repute to attract public to their meetings. Violating the model code, BJP and Congress candidates are making use of ‘singing’ and ‘dancing’ girls at the start of their meetings to attract public.
Not-so-mature viewers of adult movies
Ludhiana, February 3
In what can be best described as promotion of unethical practices and immorality among the youth, most cinema houses in the city are screening adult movies. All this goes on right under the nose of the district administration, which permits obscenity and perversity under the pretext that the movies have been cleared by the Film Censor Board.
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