AMIT SHAH TO ADDRESS RAllIES AT AMRITSAR, lUDHIANA ON JAN 30
Chandigarh: BJP national president Amit Shah is scheduled to address two election rallies in Punjab during his one-day visit to the poll bound State. Shah would be visiting Punjab on January 30, and he would address rallies at Amritsar and ludhiana in favour of SAD-BJP combine candidates.
Notably, Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be visiting the state on January 27 and 29 and address party's election rally at Jalandhar on January 27 and at ludhiana on January 29.
RElIEF FOR CONG IN GARHSHANKAR, NIMISHA MEHTA WITHDRAWS
Chandigarh: After the expiry of Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh’s 48-hour deadline on Tuesday evening, the grand old party on Wednesday received a much needed relief as its spokesperson Nimisha Mehta bowed out of contest. Denied ticket from Garhshankar constituency, Mehta had turned rebel and filed nomination as independent candidate against party’s official candidate lov Kumar Goldy.
Said to be close to Congress general secretary and Punjab Campaign Committee in-charge Ambika Soni and former state president and Rajya Sabha MP Partap Singh Bajwa, Mehta was adamant to fight independently till a day before.
Even as the nominations have been finalised as the last date
to withdraw nominations was January 21, Mehta would remain an independent candidate in records. Capt Amarinder, on Sunday, had warned the party rebels to withdraw within 48 hours or false expulsion for life.
CONG WIll WIN TWO-THIRD MAJORITY: SHAKEEl AHMAD
ludhiana: Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmad on Wednesday claimed that the party would win the Punjab Assembly polls with a two-third majority. “People would throw the Badal-led State Government out of power because of the SAD-BJP dispensation’s anti-people policies and the drug menace in Punjab,” he said.
He alleged that the people are fed-up of “misrule” of the father-son government in the state while referring to the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal. lashing out at AAP, Ahmad said that the people of Punjab had come to know of the “designs and fraudulent style of exploiting masses” by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
Describing Kejriwal as the “biggest liar”, Ahmad said that AAP leader could no longer “befool people with hollow” promises.
The Congress leader also accused Kejriwal of helping BJP win polls in Punjab and Goa by dividing anti-government votes.
SAD: CAPT TRYING TO PlEASE All, WIll END UP PlEASING NONE
Chandigarh: SAD spokesperson and Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema on Wednesday said that State Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh has been assuring all the sections of society including employees of all categories that all their financial and allied grievances will be resolved within a month or so on coming to power, but he rarely used to interact with employees while in power from 2002-2007.
“Amarinder assures every delegation everything without going into the knitty-gritty of their problems. His objective is to woo them and solicit their support. But he is destined to turn his back on them once he is in decision making position. Not to talk of resolving their issues, Amarinder would never give a patient hearing to them,” he said.
“It is true that some of the problem of different sections have remained unresolved as some of these related to the latest pay commission. In fact, the Congress had repeatedly obstructed the government moves on most issues one or other pretext,” he said.
FORMER AKAlI MINISTER MIANI JOINS CONG
Kartarpur: In a jolt to the ruling SAD just 10 days before the Punjab Assembly polls, its senior leader and former Minister Balbir Singh Miani quit the party to join the Congress. Maini, a two-time MlA from Tanda constituency in Hoshiarpur district, was a SAD veteran who decided to become a part of Punjab Congress under the leadership of Capt Amarinder Singh after being “disenchanted” with the Akali leadership.
Extending his full support to Capt Amarinder, who welcomed him into the Congress fold, Miani said that the Badal-led SAD had lost all credibility in the state with its anti-people policies and undemocratic style of functioning. Just two days ago, Miani was expelled by SAD president Sukhbir Badal for anti-party activities.