A DAY AFTER, SAD SAYS SANDHU AN “EXPELLED SAD LEADER”
Chandigarh: SAD on Tuesday took a bit of cream away from the Congress party’s celebratory cake by claiming that Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu who was inducted in Congress a day before, had already been expelled by the party. “The former Sanour-based leader Tejinderpal Singh Sandhu, who had joined the Congress party, had been expelled from the SAD in the run up to 2017 assembly elections,” said SAD president’s political secretary Charanjit Singh Brar. He said that Sandhu had been expelled in 2017 following which he contested the 2017 assembly elections and bagged 2300 votes. “The very fact that Sandhu has been welcomed into the Congress by the Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, PPCC president Sunil Jakhar and two cabinet ministers showed how weak the Congress party has become in its former bastion of Patiala,” he said. Brar said that the very fact that the Congress is laying out the red carpet for a rudderless leader who has been rejected in his area, speaks volumes about the desperation of the Congress party and its Lok Sabha candidate Preneet Kaur.
Devendra Kadyan joins BJP
Chandigarh: Devendra Kadyan, who was national general secretary in Youth Congress and was part of a team of Congress president Rahul Gandhi has joined the BJP on Tuesday. Kadyan joined the BJP in Rohtak in the presence of Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala and Haryana Minister of State for Cooperation, Manish Grover. Welcoming him into party fold, Barala said that Kadyan has expressed his support to the policies and principles of BJP.
ECI issues procedure for transportation of cash
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued standard operating procedure (SOP) for transportation of cash scrupulously during the Model Code of Conduct. “As per SOP, the bank shall ensure that the cash vans of outsourced agencies or companies carrying that bank's cash shall not, under any circumstances, carry cash of any third party agencies or individuals except the banks,” said Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju on Tuesday. He said that towards this, the outsourced agencies or companies shall carry letters or documents etc, issued by the banks, giving details of the cash released by the banks to them and carried by them for filing the ATMs and delivering cash at other branches, banks or currency chests.
CEO asks to ensure redressal of complaints
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju on Tuesday issued directions to the concerned to ensure the redressal of complaints within 24 hours on the National Grievance Redressal (NGRS) Portal, besides bringing the redressal process to cent percent. Directions came after evaluating the functioning of NGRS portal on which record pertaining to resolved complaints of the office of Punjab Chief Electoral Officer and its subordinate offices in districts are being kept online. During the meeting, Additional Chief Electoral Officer Bhupinder Singh Rai apprised the CEO that all complaints received manually, through FAX or post at election offices of state and district, are first of all digitized and uploaded to the portal besides resolving these plaints within 24 hours. “Every person can register a complaint with regard to his or her vote and election-related activities by calling on toll free number-1950 and by the same time, this complaint will also be registered on NGRS portal,” he said adding that till date, 7,107 complaints have been received on this portal, out of which 7,031 have been disposed of and the remaining 76 complaints are under process.
BJP is anti-poor: Pradeep Chhabra
Chandigarh: The city Congress president Pardeep Chhabra on Tuesday said that Congress chief Rahul Gandhi has taken a historic step by announcing NYAY (Minimum Income Guarantee Scheme) for the poor and the disadvantaged. The Congress party is committed to eradicate poverty in this country and ‘NYAY’ will be the final assault on poverty. The fiscal repercussions of this have been analyzed. This money is perfectly available within the size of our economy, he said. The BJP is anti-poor and thus, rubbishing the scheme, he said. Former Union Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the Modi Govt’s ‘Economic Survey 2016-17’ accepted that India under the Congress reduced poverty. Poverty which was 70% during Independence has come down to just 22% in 2011-12. With the path breaking ‘NYAY’, now Congress will eradicate the remaining 20% poverty too, Bansal said.
Tandon held ‘Chai pe Charcha’
Chandigarh: To make people aware of all the work done by the present Modi Government, Chandigarh BJP chief Sanjay Tandon held ‘Chai pe Charcha’campaign in Sector 26 Timber market here. He apprised the public that during the tenure of Modi government, the development works have gathered speed and it is visible to every citizen of the country. He said, BJP stood solid on their slogan ‘Sabka Sath, Sabka Vikas’ and it shows in all they have done in last 5 years. Quipping about several statements made by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, he said, Rahul is playing with sentiments of poor people by making false and deceptive promises like he will be paying Rs 6000 to poor every month. Neither has he disclosed where he is going to get the money nor has he any idea if this is a feasible option, Tandon added.
Haryana CM Manohar Lal holds a roadshow in Panipat on Tuesday. Cabinet Minister Krishan Lal Panwar, MLAs Mahipal Dhanda and Rohita Rewri also accompanied the CM during the roadshow