Jalandhar, February 11
The Deputy Commissioner cum DRO ,Mr. A.Venu Prasad, has ordered an inquiry into the SAD complaint against Jalandhar Congress MP ,Rana Gurjit Singh, whose wife Rajbans Kaur is trying her luck from Kapurthala.

A committee-headed by ADC (general) would hold the inquiry and submit the report within 24 hours, he added while talking to The Tribune.

In his complaint, the SAD secretary, Dr. Daljeet Singh Cheema , had urged the Election Commission of India to register a criminal case against Rana Gurjit Singh for releasing a fabricated CD to the Press. The party had also demanded that this CD should be banned immediately and action should also be taken against Rana’s wife Rajbans Kaur.

Earlier, Rana had released the CD in front of a section of the media. The CD allegedly displayed the SAD candidate from Kapurthala and a former minister ,Mr. Raghubir Singh ,saying that some family members of SAD supremo Parkash Singh Badal had been involved in corrupt practices.

Mr. Raghubir Singh said that the CD was fabricated. In his complaint, the SAD secretary had alleged that the CD had not been approved by the Election Commission and by releasing it to the Press, Rana had violated the model code of conduct. Dr. Cheema has also sent the copies of the complaint to the Chief Electoral Officer of Punjab and the Election Commission of India.

Nawanshahr, February 11
The inclement weather on the last day of election campaigning for the Assembly poll failed to dampen the spirit of the women activists of the SAD-BJP alliance here on Sunday. A large number of women activists led by Ms. Maninder Kaur Kariha, daughter-in-law of the SAD-BJP nominee, Jathedar Jatinder Singh Kariha, went door to door in a number of localities here to seek votes.

Confident and enthusiastic Ms. Maninder Kaur Kariha accompanied by her mother-in-law Satinder Kaur Kariha, sisters-in-law Parneet Kaur and Manveen Kaur, close relative Dalwinder Kaur Dhesi, SAD Councillor Nisha Nahar, Charanjit Kaur Sandhu, Maninder Kaur Purewal, Madhu Luthra, among others, made visits to Ibrahim Basti, Sant Nagar, Bakker Khana Raod, Gaushala Road, Teachers Colony.

Jalandhar February 11
Development might be the poll plank of both the SAD-BJP and the Congress, but, for voters the price hike and corruption are still the main issues.

“ We don’t know much about corruption as we have to put in day’s toil to make both ends meet, but, price hike keeps haunting the poor and the lower middle class people. I will try to vote for the candidate, who, will promise to do something concrete to check price hike. As for now, none of major political parties have been successful in containing spiralling prices,” said Ashok, a rickshaw-puller, in the Jalandhar (Central) constituency.

“When I, or for that matter people like me, cannot get any work done without greasing palms of politicians or officials, how we supposed to keep quiet about corruption. Poll promises apart, no one cares about the common man,” rued Mr Rajesh Gupta, the author of “The Art of Dying,” ,a book on the life of a Jalandhar-based businessman.

Mr. Kamlesh Duggal, the Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Guru Nanak Dev University, is of the view that though, the price hike is an issue, but corruption is not.

Kapurthala, February 11
The police found two cases of IMFL from Daljeet Singh near Bholath Chowk here today.

Confirming this, Bholath SHO SI Sarwan Singh Bal said the suspect claimed that he was carrying the liquor for a personal function. On the contrary, Congress candidate from Bholath Sukhpal Singh Khaira alleged that Daljeet was a SAD worker and liquor was being carried for its distribution among electors.

Phagwara In utter violation of the orders of the SDM, a number of liquor vends remained open in the evening today and continued to sell liquor. Despite the fact that the SDM Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal had ordered the closure of all liquor vends after 5 p.m. following the orders of the Election Commission, the vends at various places sold liquor after the deadline.

Shutters of some vends were partially down after 5 p.m and liquor was being sold from under the shutters or small windows. A vend near Elite Cinema was selling the bottles through a wooden door.