BEWARE OF FAKE PROMISES: MAJITHIA
Punjab Revenue and Public Relation Minister Bikram Singh Majthia on Monday appealed to the people to be aware of false and fake promises of the state Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal. “Captain backstabbed the people of Amritsar who sent him to lok Sabha. Capt Amarinder did not even spend a penny for the welfare and development of his lok Sabha constituency from his quota of grants as MP,” said Majithia.
He said on the other hand, Kejriwal who is making false and fake promises with the people, should list his achievements before the people as Chief Minister of Delhi where he has miserable failed and half of his MlAs are facing court trials in corruption, criminal and women molestation cases.
Majithia appealed to the people not to fall in such false and unrealistic traps of promises which were being made by the Congress and AAP. He said that Punjabis should vote for development and strengthening communal harmony in the State.
AAP’S JYOTI MANN JOINS SAD
Doaba’s prominent leader of AAP and its candidate from Jalandhar lok Sabha seat in 2014, Jyoti Mann, on Monday joined the SAD.
Mann, who was formally inducted into the party by SAD president and Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal, said that AAP was anti-Dalit which only pretended to favour dalits. She said that the party had also failed to fulfill its promises regarding empowerment of women and women safety.
A former school teacher, who worked in a private school in Jalandhar Cantt, had lost the 2014 parliamentary election but managed to secure over 2.5 lakh votes.
AAP TO REPEAT DElHI’S HISTORY IN PUNJAB: POONAM AZAD
AAP’s national leader Poonam Azad on Monday said that the party is all set t create history by breaking record of Delhi elections. “Congress and Akalis are collided seeing their defeat in upcoming elections. AAP will create history by breaking record of Delhi elections. SAD and Congress will be a history in Punjab after the elections,” she said while addressing a gathering at village Pahra.
Azad said the opponents of AAP are trying to divert people’s attention from core issues but AAP is committed to raise the voice of people. The Congress and Akali leaders are busy in horse-trading to get the power in any way, she said.
Azad accompanied party’s Gurdaspur candidate Amarjit Singh Chahal during filing of his nomination papers for Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections.
SAD WARNS MANN FOR WORKING AGAINST PUNJAB
lashing out at AAP MP from Sangrur Bhagwant Mann allegedly for working against Punjab’s interests, the ruling SAD on Monday said that he was hatching conspiracies against the state in collusion with the non-Punjabi forces who were all out to cause maximum damage to the state.
“It is intriguing that MP from Punjab is working against the interests of state by promoting those who are all out to cause damage to Punjab,” said SAD spokesman and Advisor to Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa.
He said Mann is speaking the language of non-Punjabis against Punjab while describing Punjabi youth as drug addicts and leveling all sort of allegations against the state.
Sirsa said it was very surprising that the man who was once popular among the masses for his comedy with his satire is now working as a “puppet” in the hands of AAP supremo and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who wants to become Chief Minister of Punjab for causing maximum damage to the State.
TMC ANNOUNCES FIVE MORE CANDIADTES
Punjab unit of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday released its third list of candidates for February 4 polls.
TMC’s Punjab unit chief Jagmeet Singh Brar announced the names of five more candidates of the party including Jagdeep Goldy from Jalalabad, laxman Singh from Budhladha, Manjit Singh from Garhshankar, Harbans Singh from ludhiana South, and Hargopal Singh from Balachaur.