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Capt takes fight to Majithia’s bastion amid low
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Jaitley dubs Amarinder ‘monarch in democracy’
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Dhindsa files papers, ‘violates’ code
Phoolka writes to CM over ‘false propaganda’ against him
Data shows namesake ‘tactics’ hardly work
Poll
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Will revive ropeway project: Ambika
Honour killing: Dy Mayor gets clean chit
Hike MSP: Badal
Kandahar convict let off after 14 yrs
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Jaitley dubs Amarinder ‘monarch in democracy’
Amritsar, April 5 In his latest Facebook post, Jaitley said, “Captain creates fake propaganda and then buys the same himself. He relishes his persona of a monarch in a democracy. Captain’s credentials are not exactly inspirational. The standards he has set in his own life are not an object of envy. Moreover, he has a feudal attitude of being rude, impolite and talking down to people.” He alleged that Captain had no vision on development of Amritsar. “His track record of accessibility is poor. It is only when he has to file his nomination papers that he realises that it is good to be a family man. He lowers the level of political discourse. But eventually democracy has its own way. It will never accept a discredited Captain of a sinking ship,” he concluded. Meanwhile, Capt Amarinder “shredded the facade of decency and level of debate claimed to be maintained” by Jaitley in his campaign diary. He said, “Desperation and frustration appear to have gotten the better of Jaitley and now he has betrayed his actual mentality and mindset. As far as what I have done for Punjab, I need no certificate from an alien like you and I think your patrons must have already told you as I feel it below my dignity to trumpet what I did for Punjab.” He said if Jaitley had pronounced the Congress to be guilty of 1984 riots, he must also pronounce LK Advani and CM Badal guilty who either pressured or approved of the decision to send the Army into Darbar Sahib.
Promises package for border areas Amritsar: BJP’s candidate Arun Jaitley from the constituency on Saturday assured the people of providing a package for the border areas and giving heritage status to the holy city at a rally in Lopoke village. Jaitley called Capt Amarinder a “reluctant candidate” and said the Congress was fighting a lost battle. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, who was also present at the rally, called Capt Amarinder a liar and accused the Congress of hatching the Blue Star conspiracy. He said the 1984 anti-Sikh riots were planned as rioters were given the house numbers and names of the Sikh residents in New Delhi. Badal said the fear of losing the election had forced the Congress not to announce Rahul Gandhi as its prime ministerial candidate. “The people always want to know who will be their leader,” he said. Badal claimed the NDA would easily win 272 seats to constitute the next government. Former Transport Minister from Congress Parminder Singh Sandhu and Jathedar Mohan Singh Matia, who had earlier left the SAD, joined the party today.
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Dhindsa files papers, ‘violates’ code
Sangrur, April 5 Dhindsa filed his papers in the presence of at least 12 persons, including Deputy CM Sukhbir Badal, before Returning Officer Kavita Singh. Dhindsa’s wife Harjeet Kaur, son Parminder Singh Dhindsa, daughter-in-law Gagandeep Kaur, MLAs Parkash Chand Garg and Balbir Singh Ghunas and SAD leader Darbara Singh Guru were also present. The Returning Officer had yesterday not allowed even close relatives of Congress candidate Vijay Inder Singla during the filing of his nomination papers. When told about the reported violation, Kavita Singh asked for an evidence so that she could issue a notice to the candidate. She said she had told her security staff to ensure adherence to the guidelines. She said she today issued five notices to candidates for code violation. Shahi Imam's statement unfortunate: Sukhbir Sukhbir has termed the statement by Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid (Delhi) Syed Ahmed Bukhari, with regard to asking the Muslims to vote for the Congress, as "unfortunate".
Money meter
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, SAD-BJP candidate, Sangrur Total assets:
Rs 8.75 crore Movable: Rs 1.42 crore Immovable: Rs 5.18 crore Cash-in-hand:
Rs 1 lakh Bank deposits: Rs 81.38 lakh Jewellery:
Rs 2.40 lakh Vehicle: Innova (Rs 4 lakh) Liabilities:
Rs 20 lakh Property: Agricultural land (Rs 3.16 cr), non-agriculture land
(Rs 17 lakh), commercial buildings (Rs 1.09 cr) and residential buildings (Rs
75 lakh) Last declaration: Rs 3.11 crore in 2009 LS polls
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Phoolka writes to CM over ‘false propaganda’ against him
Ludhiana, April 5 Alleging that it was a conspiracy to malign his name, Phoolka has written that it is being done to distract him from his election campaign. He wrote: “Your party (SAD) has got reports printed in newspapers stating that I have withdrawn the case of the main accused in the 1984 riots, Jagdish Tytler. It is also stated that a witness in the case, Jasbir Singh, was to come to India to record his statement on April 3. These statements are completely false and baseless.” The AAP leader stated, “Jagdish Tytler was given a clean chit by the CBI and his file had been closed. I filed a petition in court on behalf of victim Lakhwinder Kaur against the clean chit given by the CBI and we won that case. The case was reopened by ADJ Anuradha Shukla, renouncing the CBI’s clean chit and directing the CBI to continue their investigation against Tytler. Tytler then filed an appeal in the High Court against this decision. However, we argued the matter and ensured that he is not given any stay in the case. The next date in the case is April 17. It is to be noted that as the CBI investigation is still on and the challan has also not been filed yet, no witness can be examined.”
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Data shows namesake ‘tactics’ hardly work
Bathinda, April 5 An analysis of certain such contests in the past reveals that contrary to the belief of politicians, voters cannot be befooled with such tactics. Manpreet had faced a similar situation during the assembly elections in 2012 from the Gidderbaha seat. While he had polled 31,906 votes, his namesake, an Independent candidate, got 598 votes. Manpreet had lost the election by 20,000 votes to Congress candidate Amrinder Singh Raja Warring. In the same elections from Bhucho Mandi (SC), Ajaib Singh Bhatti of the Congress too faced his namesake. Bhatti had won the seat and was polled 57,515 votes while his namesake could get 781 votes. Similarly, SAD candidate Amarjit Singh Sidhu faced another Amarjit Singh Sidhu from the Talwandi Sabo assembly seat. The Akali leader had got 45,206 votes while his namesake polled just 280 votes. Meanwhile, Manpreet Badal has alleged the Akalis had fielded a dummy candidate against him which only meant that "master-strategist" Sukhbir had conceded the defeat of his wife Harsimrat Kaur. Manpreet said: "I was expecting better planning and strategy by Sukhbir to defeat me, but not such a petty trick".
Voters exhibit high awareness
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Chandigarh: The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) alleged that the People’s Party of Punjab president, Manpreet Singh Badal, had filed his nomination papers on the Congress symbol (hand) and had committed an electoral fraud. It asked Manpreet to clarify if he had merged his party with the Congress. “As per the law, without a merger of two parties, how can the president of a political party get the membership of another party, which is a pre-requisite to getting a symbol of that party,” the SAD asked. Dr Daljit Singh Cheema, SAD secretary said Manpreet's decision to contest on the Congress symbol had come as no surprise as it was clear from the beginning that he was only a 'B' team of the Congress.
Hoshiarpur: A cobbler, Om Prakash Jakhu, on Saturday filed his nomination papers from this parliamentary seat. He said: "If a chaiwala can contest to become the Prime Minister of the country, why can't I become an MP. I promise to give an LPG cylinder free of cost to every household each month." Jakhu said he would go door to door to seek votes. Jakhu has so far contested 17 elections. Earlier, he had been a candidate of the BSP and also of Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Jana Shatki Party.
Jalandhar Congress candidate gets support
Jalandhar: PPCC general secretary Satnam Singh Kainth on Saturday went to the Jalandhar Congress candidate Chaudhary Santokh Singh's house to announce that issues between the two stood were settled. The U-turn came a day after he openly shared his grouse against Chaudhary and expressed his desire to quit as in charge of Adampur Assembly segment.
SAD, Cong hold rallies in same villages
Gidderbaha: The Gidderbaha assembly segment on Saturday virtually turned into a battleground with leaders of both the SAD and the Congress campaigning in same villages, apart from Gidderbaha town. Gidderbaha is part of Faridkot parliamentary constituency, where the SAD has fielded its sitting MP Paramjit Kaur Gulshan and the Congress has allotted ticket to its sitting Jaito MLA Joginder Singh Panjgraian. Leaders of both the parties held public meetings in Madhir, Buttar Bakhua, Kotbhai, Sahib Chand, Chottian, Bharu, Daula, Peori and Husnar villages and Gidderbaha town. Though they did not see each other in the eye in any village as there was some gap in the timing, they hit out at each other in their speeches.
Realtors threaten to oppose SAD candidates
Fatehgarh Sahib: The Colonisers and Property Dealer's Association on Saturday threatened to oppose candidates of the ruling alliance in view of a ban on the registration of land deals. Jagdeep Singh, district president, said the government had banned registration of land deals even in colonies where the developers had deposited 25 per cent regularisation fee. He said if the ban was not lifted, it would ruin the real estate business. He said they had been facing a recession for two years and were in dire straits since at that time they had deposited regularisation fee by borrowing money from various quarters.
Akalis shelved crucial project: Preneet
AAP nominee takes bus ride to file papers
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Will revive ropeway project: Ambika
Anandpur Sahib, April 5 The project, which was agreed upon between the former BJP government in Himachal and the SAD-BJP government in Punjab, was shelved after Virbhadra Singh took over as the CM last year. “I will look into the matter and this project will come up at any cost,” she said. Himachal Transport Minister GS Bali said the project was under consideration, and that the government had only asked for a review.
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Honour killing: Dy Mayor gets clean chit
Ludhiana, April 5 GRP officials said Gagandeep had spoken to a girl of Laxmi Nagar, who was not Sharma's daughter, 530 times from March 1-17. They claimed Gagan had consumed liquor with his friends at Salem Tabri on March 17. He later went near the railway track and called the girl. While talking on the phone, he was hit by a train. Murlidhar, Sub-Divisional Inspector, GRP, said the postmortem report indicated that the victim was injured in an accident and was not assaulted. He said the mobile locations of Rashem Natt proved that he was in the Sabzi Mandi area at the time of the incident. He said Rashem failed to appear before the investigating team, following which Sharma was given a clean chit.
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Kandahar convict let off after 14 yrs
Patiala, April 5 He has a stamp on his wrist, to facilitate a free train journey till Gorakhpur on the way to his native place in Nepal. Clueless as to what remains back home, Nepali is all set to make a fresh start with Rs 1,000 in his pocket, courtesy jail inmates of Patiala Central Jail, who also pooled in their hard-earned money to pay a fine of Rs 3,000 on his behalf for his release. The flight from Kathmandu to New Delhi, with 179 passengers and 11 crew members on board, was hijacked on December 24, 1999, and taken to Kandahar (Afghanistan) by five hijackers. The hijackers had executed a passenger and finally negotiated the release of terrorists Masood Azhar Alvi, Syed Omar Sheikh and Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar from Indian jails in exchange of the hostages. Nepali was arrested from Mumbai in December 1999 in a bank robbery case. During investigations, his involvement in the hijacking case came to the fore.
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Taking the fight to the home turf of Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia amid a low turnout in his roadshow here, former Chief Minister and Congress candidate Capt Amarinder Singh today alleged that the countdown for the end of Majithia's brand of politics had begun with the Lok Sabha poll.
BJP candidate Arun Jaitley today launched a scathing attack on his Congress rival Capt Amarinder Singh, terming him "a monarch in a democracy", while accusing him of "not speaking a word on what he did for Punjab" during his stint as the CM.
Cobbler files papers for his 18th election
Rajpura: Union Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur on Saturday accused the SAD-BJP government of shelving a crucial anti-flood project. "When the Congress was in power in Punjab, we had spent crores on the embankment of the Ghaggar, its cleaning and deepening. The floods were checked to quite an extent. But as soon as the SAD-BJP alliance came to power, they shelved the project,” she alleged.
Ropar: Aam Aadmi Party candidate Himmat Singh Shergill and an Independent, Davinder Kumar Verma, filed their nomination papers for Anandpur Sahib constituency in Ropar on Saturday. The total number of candidates who have filed papers from the constituency has reached four, including Balbir Singh Jadla (CPM)and KS Makhan (BSP). Shergill, a Chandigarh-based advocate, reached Ropar with his supporters in a bus from Mohali. Shergill has been fighting the legal battle for the rights of Sikh farmers in Gujarat.