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BJP fails to decide on MC head candidate
Batala, August 2
Many red faces could be seen in the BJP as once again it failed to arrive at a consensus on the name of the candidate for the next president of the Batala municipal council. The Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner, Dr Abhinav Trikha, has now given the BJP time till 11 am on Monday to decide on its candidate after the Wednesday’s meeting convened to appoint the president and the vice-president remained inconclusive.

3 crushed to death in accidents
Hoshiarpur, August 2
A woman and her 11-month-old daughter were crushed to death by a tipper truck outside their house, opposite the outdoor stadium, on the Tanda road in the wee hours today. Jareena, wife of Hassandeen, along with her daughter Sleema, was sleeping outside their residence. At about 2 am, the tipper driver failed to notice both the sleeping woman and her daughter while reversing his vehicle, and they were crushed under the tyres of the vehicle.

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BJP fails to decide on MC head candidate
Ravi Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service

Batala, August 2
Many red faces could be seen in the BJP as once again it failed to arrive at a consensus on the name of the candidate for the next president of the Batala municipal council.

The Gurdaspur Deputy Commissioner, Dr Abhinav Trikha, has now given the BJP time till 11 am on Monday to decide on its candidate after the Wednesday’s meeting convened to appoint the president and the vice-president remained inconclusive. The top post has been lying vacant ever since the previous incumbent Ambika Khanna resigned on April 18. Former SAD legislator Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal, who has also been designated as Halqa in-charge of Batala town by the SAD, led a coup to oust Khanna, who is the daughter of former legislator Jagdeesh Sahni.

The BJP has a total of 20 municipal councillors in a house of 33, with its alliance partner - the SAD - having six. The Congress also has six councillors with the sole Independent completing the numbers. The District BJP has already forwarded a panel of five names to the state party high command nearly a month ago.

Those MCs who have been named in the panel are Dharambir Seth, Harjit Singh Bhalla, Ramsharan Bhatia, Suman Handa and Harinder Singh.

The DC had sent his emissary ADC (General) Baljit Singh to chair the meeting yesterday, but factionalism among the BJP rank and file meant the meeting remained inconclusive. The SAD’s interests were taken care of by Lodhinangal, considered to be a politician who enjoys a lot of clout in the area. He has also remained president of the local Improvement Trust. Since the SAD and the BJP are alliance partners, the understanding reached between both parties is that as the post of the President goes to the BJP, the vice-president will be from the SAD.

3 crushed to death in accidents
Our Correspondent

Hoshiarpur, August 2
A woman and her 11-month-old daughter were crushed to death by a tipper truck outside their house, opposite the outdoor stadium, on the Tanda road in the wee hours today.

Jareena, wife of Hassandeen, along with her daughter Sleema, was sleeping outside their residence. At about 2 am, the tipper driver failed to notice both the sleeping woman and her daughter while reversing his vehicle, and they were crushed under the tyres of the vehicle. After the accident, the tipper driver fled along with his vehicle. Members of the Gujjar community this evening demonstrated on the premises of the Civil Hospital, where the bodies were brought for postmortem, for compelling the police to register a case. In another accident, Nirmal Singh of Mugalpura was crushed to death and his son Amarjit Singh was seriously wounded when a car (CH-01-6685) rammed into them at Nalion Chowk this afternoon. Amarjit Singh was admitted to the local Civil Hospital.