Vehicles of Cong workers damaged in Mullanpur
Friday, 08/06/2012
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Minor incidents of violence marred the byelections for the Mullanpur Dakha Nagar Panchayat. Congress leader Jassi Khangura alleged that supporters of the ruling alliance damaged the vehicles of of his personal assistant Ranjit Singh Mangat and Congress MLA from Raikot Gurcharan Singh Bopari following a minor argument.
Akali MLA from Mullanpur Dakha Manpreet Singh Ayali denied the allegations.
Jagraon SSP Gurpreet Singh Toor said the police had not received any complaint regarding the incident.
The turnout for Jagraon’s Ward 13 was 72.5 per cent while 79 per cent voters cast their vote in the Mullanpur Dakha Nagar Panchayat elections.
Jagraon’s Ward 13 fell vacant after the death of BJP councillor Vinod Kumar Goel some time back. The four candidates in the fray here are the late Goel's son Honey Goel (SAD-BJP), Congress candidate Ajay Kumar Dhanda and Independents Sanjay Kumar Pakhija and Babban Goel.
In Mullanpur Dakha, there are 22 candidates in the fray for 13 wards. Four SAD-BJP candidates have already been declared elected unopposed after Congress candidates and their covering candidates took their papers back and joined the SAD. Those declared victorious are Dr Amarjit Singh (Ward 1), Sukhbir Kaur (Ward 3), Amit Kumar Honey (Ward 4) and Baljit Kaur (Ward 9).
In Machchiwara, about 82 per cent polling was reported . The election passed off peacefully except for a minor scuffle between Akali and Congress workers in Ward 7. There are 13 wards in the Machhiwara Nagar Panchayat of whichelections were held for 12 wards. Akali candidate Rupinder Singh Benipal (Ward 8) has already neen declared elected umopposed.
While Ward 9 saw a 94 per cent turnout, reportedly the highest , the lowest turnout was recorded in Ward 2 (74 per cent).
Congress MLA from Samrala alleged a nexus between the police and Akali workers. When contacted, Samrala DSP Jagvinder Singh Cheema, denying the allegations, said the police had acted as per the law. On the other hand, former SAD legislator Jagjivan Singh Khirnia said the Congress charges were baseless. Khanna SSP Inderbir Singh said there was no untoward incident.
