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Candidates must pay for VVIP
visits: Panel
Jalandhar, February 8
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's visits to Punjab may prove dear for Congress candidates.
The Election Commission of India has issued directions to include the money
spent on the Congress leaders visit in the expenditure of Congress candidates concerned, Kapurthala DC-cum-DRO Raminder Singh told The Tribune here today.
POLL CHASE
She knows every voter counts
 Leharagaga, February 8
A seasoned politician, Deputy Chief Minister Rajinder Kaur Bhattal says the common man is not getting his due. “I am not satisfied as projects are not being implemented at the grassroots level.
The delay needs to be checked. Progress has to be made at a faster rate,” she
says.
Deputy Chief Minister and Congress candidate for the Lehragaga constituency Rajinder Kaur Bhattal addresses a rally at Lehal Kala village.
— Tribune photo by Rajesh Sachar
Warrants against Dimpa, brother
Chandigarh, February 8
The decision to defer polling in the Beas Assembly segment has come as
a rude shock to the top administrative brass of the Punjab Government
as it claims that “law and order situation in the state in general
and Beas in particular has been under complete control”.
Dhillon, Keetu slug it out in Barnala
Barnala, February 8
For two candidates vying for a predominantly rural constituency, the campaign styles couldn’t have been more different.
Cong tottering in Mahilpur
Mahilpur, February 8
The BSP cannot be underestimated in the Mahilpur (Reserved) Assembly segment where its state supremo Avtar Singh Karimpuri can boast of an established mass base.
Games pull in more
Chandigarh, February 8
Elections to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha may be just four days away, but the games people play continues to pull more crowds than the games politicians are playing to wrest power in the state.
Badali on sympathy wave
Morinda, February 8
Strange, but true. The biggest factor working in favour of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate from Morinda, Mr Ujagar Singh
Badali, is that he has lost three elections in a row.
Mr Ujagar Singh Badali, SAD candidate from Morinda, campaigns in his constituency.
— A Tribune photograph
BSP can ensure equality: Maya
Amritsar, February 8
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has said people have a misconception that the BSP only supports the people from lower castes, adding that her party can bring equality in the country.
Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati
at a rally in Amritsar on Thursday. — A Tribune photograph
Badal vows to abolish octroi
Ferozepore, February 8
With less than a week to go for the Punjab polls, SAD president Parkash Singh Badal today promised to abolish octroi in Ferozepore and Jalandhar cantonments if voted back to power.
All in name of the Ghaggar
Sangrur, February 8
For years, politicians have been winning elections by promising to tame the Ghaggar, a river that has been bringing misfortune to vast areas in Patiala, Sangrur, Mansa districts. However, the Ghaggar has remained untamed so far. Again, its streamlining has become an issue in the Assembly elections.
Claims, counter-claims by SAD, Cong
Dera Bassi, February 8
With just three days remaining for the election campaign to end for the Punjab elections on February 13, both the Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance have intensified their campaigns.
He is the face of CPI-ML in Mansa
Joga (Mansa), February 8
Remember Bant Singh of Burj Jhabhar village in the Joga Assembly constituency of Mansa district? A Dalit singer, his pictures of amputated arms and a leg, had shaken the sensibilities of the nation. The limbs were cut off by doctors to save his life from injuries sustained after he was beaten up by an alleged group of landlords, against whom he was fighting for the rape of his minor daughter.
Bant Singh who is a star attraction at rallies of the CPI-ML.
— A Tribune photograph
Sector 68
residents await voter I-cards
Mohali, February 8
Residents of Sector 68 here are up in arms against the administration for failing to deliver voter identity cards even as the election to the Punjab Assembly is only five days away.
2,000 cops to be deployed on poll duty in Mohali
Mohali, February 8
More than 2,000 police personnel will be deployed on election duty in SAS Nagar district during the Punjab elections being held on February 13.
Ban on sale of liquor
Mohali, February 8
The District Magistrate of SAS Nagar, Mr Tejveer Singh, has imposed a ban on the sale of liquor for three days in connection with the Punjab Assembly elections.
Tulsi gets crowds, loses mobile
Amritsar, February 8
Dislodge the ‘arrogant’ government of Capt Amarinder Singh by voting in favour the SAD-BJP combine, which can only bring peace and development in the state, said Smriti Irani, famous TV star, during a road show here today. She lost her mobile during the show.
TV actor Smriti Irani with Ms Laxmi Kanta Chawla, BJP candidate for the Amritsar Central constituency, during a road show in Amritsar on Thursday.
— A Tribune photograph
Ambala politicians campaign in Punjab
Ambala, February 8
Politicians of Ambala are busy these days campaigning in Punjab.
Surjewala campaigns for Randhawa
Ghanaur, February 8
Alarmed at the presence of the rebel candidates, the Congress and the SAD-BJP alliance candidates are relying on the Haryana bigwigs in the battle of votes, scheduled for February 13, in Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s home district.
Rebel trouble for Cong’s Jain
Moga, February 8
The Congress campaign to woo the electorate here has been marred by disgruntled party leaders, who are now either secretly supporting rival candidates or have openly boycotted the campaign and instead levelled serious charges against the official candidate.
Jaitley, Sidhu visit dera
Chandigarh, February 8
The BJP leader, Mr Arun Jaitley, accompanied by Mr Navjot Singh Sidhu, today visited Dera Sacha Sauda at Sirsa in Haryana. Both leaders met the dera chief, Sant Gurmeet Ram Raheem Singh.
Cong expels Behl, son for six years
Gurdaspur, February 8
Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today expelled Gurdaspur MLA Khushal Behl and his son Raman Behl, president of the Gurdaspur Municipal Council, from the primary membership of the party for a period of six years.
Mann: Police terrorising farmers
Sangrur, February 8
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, president of the Shiromani Akali Dal (A), alleged today that the police had been terrorising the residents of Fatehgarh Chhanna village (Barnala) against holding a protest tomorrow in connection with the "forcible" acquisition of their land. Under such a police terror free and fair elections in the segment were not possible, he alleged.
EC shifts SSP of Faridkot
Chandigarh, February 8
The Election Commission tonight transferred the SSP of Moga, Mr Gautam Cheema, with immediate effect. The SSP, Faridkot, Mr Arun Pal Singh, will hold the additional charge till a fresh appointment
is made.
Police station gheraoed
Amritsar, February 8
Communist activists and the Nasha Virodhi Front seized two trucks and a car, carrying liquor allegedly meant for voters, at Karampura here today.
Many Punjab areas go without power
Ropar, February 8
Many parts of Punjab today remained without electricity for about six hours after four units of 210 MW each of the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Plant, Ropar, were tripped due to a technical fault this morning. Segments of Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Mohali, Mandi Gobingarh and Ropar faced power shutdown from 8.15 am to 2 pm after an electrical fault developed in the 220-KV switchyard at the thermal plant.
Man run over by train
Abohar, February 8
Jugraj Singh alias Jaggu (22), son of Inder
Singh, a resident of the Panjpeer locality on the outskirts of the town, was run over by a train late last night, sources said.
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Mrs Surinder Kaur Badal (Bibiji) has seen it all. Contended, she now wants to spend her time reading about religion and doing path.
