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Contesting from two seats is a strategy: Manpreet
Manpreet has run away, says Harsimrat
Ex-DGP Gill throws hat in poll ring
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Jakhar, Jyani file nominations
Arshi refuses security cover
CPI candidate from Mansa constituency Hardev Singh Arshi submitting his nomination papers on Monday.
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Contesting from two seats is a strategy: Manpreet
Bathinda, January 9 This was stated here today by the People's Party of Punjab (PPP) supremo Manpreet Singh Badal before filing his nomination papers for the Maur Assembly constituency. He filed his nomination papers in the presence of a member of national executive of the CPI and a senior leader of the ‘Sanjha Morcha’ Dr Joginder Dayal. However, Manpreet today did not submit affidavit, relating to assets and liabilities etc, along with his nomination papers. To a question that why he is contesting from two Assembly constituencies (Gidderbaha and Maur) Manpreet said in the elections, one had to adopt a strategy to emerge victorious so it was also a part of his strategy and he was contesting from two constituencies. If Manpreet won the election from Gidderbaha then the existence of the SAD from this belt would be wiped out, he added. Manpreet also claimed that a top leader of the SAD had directed his party to purchase votes even at Rs 10,000 per vote to defeat him (Manpreet) in Gidderbaha. Due to this he had opened a front in Maur constituency so that he could not be encircled by them, he added. He also said he had preferred Maur as he felt that the people of Maur constituency heard the voice of the PPP with full attention. He also favoured the harsh steps, initiated by Election Commission, saying that these would lead to free and fair elections in the state. Manpreet also said that in place of a political conference at Maghi Mela at Muktsar, they would organise ‘Basant rally’ on January 22 at Muktsar as they had earlier decided at Khatkar Kalan that they would not hold any rally at any fair. After addressing a rally here, Manpreet went to file his nomination papers. After the filing of nomination papers by Manpreet, the Returning Officer (RO) Pawan Garg said he had issued notice to Manpreet for January 12 to submit the affidavit, relating to assets etc.
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Manpreet has run away, says Harsimrat
Bathinda, January 9 In a statement here, Harsimrat said that Manpreet had filed his nomination papers for Maur and Gidderbaha as he had realised that he was bound to lose in the latter constituency. She said the residents of Gidderbaha who had faced humiliation from Manpreet and his coterie in last four years have already made up their mind to show him the door. She said that it was matter of great surprise that Manpreet claiming to be the inheritor of Chief Minister's chair was not confident to win from his home turf that he claimed to have nurtured in his last four stints as his own child. The fact was that Manpreet was getting votes in Gidderbaha during all the elections in the name of Parkash Singh Badal and SAD and the people of Gidderbaha are set to reject a leader who could not be loyal to his own leader and party that made him win from Gidderbaha four times. Harsimrat said the people of Gidderbaha have now realised that Manpreet was a leader with dual face who did not have confidence in them and was seeking election also from Maur. — TNS |
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Ex-DGP Gill throws hat in poll ring
Moga, January 9 A total of eight nominations had been filed in the Moga, Baghapurana and Nihalsinghwala constituencies till Monday evening. Gill filed his nomination papers along with his mother Gurdeep Kaur, wife Jasjit Kaur, son Sohrab Gill and a few of his close friends and relatives before Chander Gaind, the Returning Officer (RO) of Moga constituency. Already under the surveillance of the Election Commission (EC) and having been served three notices for violation of poll code, the cop-turned politician surprised the official machinery when he walked into the office of the RO along with his family members, few friends and Tirath Singh Malah, the district president of the SAD party in the afternoon. A 1974-batch J&K cadre IPS officer, Paramdeep Singh Gill retired from the service on September 30 this year and joined the electoral politics in the ruling party. As per the details available, Gill owns 6.5 acre land at Tarapur village near Mohali, besides partnership in a showroom at Sector-22 market in Chandigarh. He also owns a Rs 49-lakh worth imported German-made car. The total value of his movable and immovable property is Rs 2.65 crore, he stated in his affidavit. He has a cash of Rs 2.29 lakh in his bank account, besides Rs 1.60 lakh cash and Rs 3-lakh jewellery with his wife. Interestingly, he owes Rs 39 lakh to HDFC bank. No criminal case is pending against him. The sitting Congress MLA Darshan Singh Brar filed his nomination papers from the Baghapurana Assembly constituency along with Nihasinghwala MLA Ajit Singh Shant and his supporters but only five people were allowed to enter the RO’s office along with him. The candidate of Sanjha Morcha, Mahinder Singh Dhurkot, also filed his nomination papers from Nihalsinghwala . |
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Jakhar, Jyani file nominations
Abohar, January 9 Party workers and supporters later organised a road show originating from the Sunil Theatre. It took about 150 minutes to cover a distance of 1.5 km up to the Maharaja Aggarsein Chowk outside the Nehru Park where a massive rally was held. Rajasthan Rural Development Minister Vinod Chaudhary, Haryana minister Prahlad Gillankhera and Sriganganagar MP Bharat Ram Meghwal also joined the road show. This time, former Governor Bal Ram Jakhar did not turn up but his eldest son Sajjan Kumar Jakhar, ex-Punjab minister, accompanied Jakhar in an open Gypsy while his youngest grandson Sandeep Jakhar marched with the workers. The legislature addressed the gathering from the dais raised over a tractor-trolley. Praful Chander Nagpal adds from Fazilka: Transport Minister and Fazilka BJP MLA Surjit Kumar Jyani filed his nomination papers from the Fazilka assembly constituency here today before Charandev Singh Maan, SDM-cum-returning officer, Fazilka. Jyani was accompanied by BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu at the time of filing the nominations. Jyani filed four sets of nomination papers. His wife Nirmala Jyani also filed her nomination papers as a covering candidate. Meanwhile, in a separate development, Improvement Trust chairman and former BJP district president Mohinder Pratap Dhingra resigned from the primary membership of the BJP in protest against the allocation of party ticket to Surjit Kumar Jyani. Dhingra has decided to contest the election from the Fazilka assembly segment as an independent candidate. Before filing his nominations, Jyani addressed a massive rally of supporters in Ghas Mandi of Fazilka where BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu was also present. |
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Arshi refuses security cover
Bathinda, January 9 Arshi said as the Sanjha Morcha, in its common minimum programme, had promised to the people to end the gunman culture, so in the light of this, he should also not get gunmen. Besides, he had no threat from the people from whom he was seeking votes, Arshi added. |
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“Though Gidderbaha is a safe Assembly constituency for me but I don’t want to get myself encircled by the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Congress party in Gidderbaha as both parties will have a desire to encircle me there.
Bathinda, January 9
