Panchayat poll row: Punjab Cong to approach HC, Election Commission and Guv
Tuesday, 16/04/2013
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CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Partap Singh Bajwa held a meeting with senior party leaders and legal experts on the issue of forth coming Panchayat elections and it has been decided to approach the Honb’le Punjab and Haryana High Court, the State Election Commission and the Honb’le Governor of Punjab to seek their intervention in conduct of free and fair elections of village Panchayats, Block Samitis and Zila Parishad.
After the meeting Bajwa said that decisions were taken after brain storming session with Congress leaders and legal luminaries. The PPCC will approach the concerned authorities for e-filing of the nomination papers by candidates to prevent en-mass cancellations, to draft uniform policy for delimitation of wards and rotational reservation of wards for Panchayat elections.
Bajwa said that all leaders present in the meeting expressed their views and took unanimous decision to seek legal and administrative remedy for smooth conduct of elections. He said that their past experience has shown that SAD-BJP government was hell bent to influence the Panchayat polls by use of illegal means.
He said that Congress would not allow it this time.Those attended the meeting included Sunil Jakhar CLP leader, Lal Singh, Charanjit Singh Channi and Tarlochan Singh Soond(both Vive Presidents), Jagmohan Singh Kang, Arvind Khanna, Gurpreet Kangar, Vikram Bajwa, Kushaldeep Dhillon, Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, Rajanbir Singh, Gurkirat Singh Kotli,.Hira Sodhi, Balbir Singh Sidhu, Harminder Singh Gill, Parminder Singh Pinki, Gurchet Singh Bhullar and Rana K.P.Singh.
