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Sulking SPOs wait for salary hike Bogus votes: sad blames Cong BKP releases list of 10 candidates Singh Deo meets ex-servicemen
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Parties open poll offices No nomination filed on first day Travel agents booked
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Sulking SPOs wait for salary hike Jalandhar, January 18 They are still waiting for the Chief Minister, Capt Amarinder Singh’s announcement, made at a function to mark the 47th Police Commemoration Day on October 21 in Patiala, that their salaries would be enhanced from Rs 90 to Rs 150 per day to materialise. They said like other Chief Ministers, Capt Amarinder Singh had also forgotten to fulfil his promise. “Every Assembly election brings hope for us, but there is only disappointment in the end. This time we, nearly 2,500 SPOs, have decided to boycott the poll. Earlier, we waged a war against the militants, now we are fighting a different battle, the fight for our rights,” said an SPO here today on the condition of anonymity. “The way our cases are being handled is an example of government apathy. We are paid only Rs 2,700 per month or Rs 90 a day, which is less than even the wages of a labourer who daily earns Rs 125-150. Moreover, we are now over-age and ineligible to get any government job,” rued another SPO. The SPOs have been recruited in the late eighties and early nineties to fight militancy on daily-wage allowance in order to meet the shortage of police personnel. Even after the militancy, they continue to assist the force. However, some of the SPOs have been absorbed in the police as constables. Still, the fate of 2,500-odd SPOs hangs in balance. “Even the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the apex court gave directions to the government that the rules should be relaxed in the recruitment of the SPOs in view of their long service in the force. However, the government rejected some of the SPOs on various accounts, including qualification, minimum height requirement and chest expansion ,” said the SPOs who are posted in Jalandhar district. |
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Bogus votes: sad blames Cong Kapurthala, January 18 In a formal complaint to the SDM-cum-Returning Officer, Mr Raghubir Singh alleged that at least 500 of the 600 bogus votes were prepared of persons who were working in Jalandhar MP Rana Gurjit Singh’s mills located outside Kapurthala. He alleged that these bogus votes were prepared for helping Rana’s sister-in-law Sukhjinder Kaur Rana, who is contesting from Kapurthala on the Congress ticket. On the other hand, the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Raminder Singh, termed the allegations as baseless. He said he himself visited booth numbers 48, 49 and 50 and found that no bogus vote had been prepared. However, the SAD candidate demanded the shifting of the Deputy Commissioner and the SSP to ensure free and fair elections. In a letter sent to the Chief Election Commissioner, he alleged that civil and police administrative heads were following the MP’s directions. He also demanded that one representative of the SAD should be allowed to be present at the time of distribution of newly prepared voter cards. |
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BKP releases list of 10 candidates Jalandhar, January 18 According to the state president of the BKP, Mr Pawan Tinu, the party candidates will be Mr Surjit Beeta (Nurmahal); Mr Sukhvir Singh Bangarh (Jalandhar cantonment); Dr Makhan Singh (Kartarpur); Mr Baldev Singh Jhabar (Joga); Mr Sukhdev Singh Chohan (Khadoor Sahib); Mr Darshan Singh (Dakha); Mr Rajinder Singh Raju (Payal); Mr Harjeet Singh Khakh (Naushara Panua); Mr Mukhtiar Singh (Sri Hargobindpur); and Mr Jasdayal Singh (Adampur). |
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Singh Deo meets ex-servicemen
Jalandhar, January 18 Nearly 200 ex-servicemen attended the meeting. He said over 25,000 personnel had been affected due to anomalies in pay fixation in the Fourth Pay Commission. He assured them to take up the issue with the govt. — TNS |
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Parties open poll offices Nawanshahr, January 18 Candidates of both the Congress and the SAD inaugurated their election offices today. Mr Parkash Singh, Congress nominee from Nawanshahr, Mr Kuldip Rana, district Congress president, Mr Satvir Singh, District Youth Congress president, Mr Malkiat Singh Bahrowal, Mr Dogar Ram Munim, among others, addressed the gathering. On the other hand, Mr Jarnail Singh Wahad, in-charge of the district SAD affairs, Mr Sukhdev Singh Bhaur, general secretary, SGPC, Mr Mohinder Singh Hussainpur, district SAD president, among others, addressed the gathering on the inauguration of election office of the SAD-BJP nominee, Chaudhary Mohan Lal. |
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No nomination filed on first day
Jalandhar, January 18 An election office spokesman said the first day drew a blank in the district. The last date for filing nominations is January 25 and withdrawals can be made by January 29. Several prominent leaders, including state ministers Ch Jagjit Singh (Kartarpur), Mr Avtar Henry (Jalandhar North), Mr Mohinder Singh Kaypee (Jalandhar South), Mr Amarjit Singh Samra (Nakodar) and Ms Gurkanwal Kaur (Jalandhar Cantonment), are expected to seek re-election from the district.
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Travel agents booked
Hoshiarpur, January 18 The police has registered a case against Balbir Singh, Davinder Singh and Hardeep Singh for allegedly duping Mohinder Singh of Jahajpur (Tanda). They took Rs 5 lakh from him for sending his son to Italy but failed to do so.
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