Reschedule panchayat elections: Cong
Sunday, 21/04/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130421/punjab.htm#6
Chandigarh : Demanding that the panchayat elections be rescheduled, the Punjab Congress, in a statement today termed the “clandestine notification of block samiti and zila parishad elections by the Punjab Government a farce.”
The Congress party said that “the SAD-BJP government had adopted illegitimate means in the formation of wards and that it had broken all norms by issuing the notification clandestinely late Thursday evening”.
The Congress alleged the proposed zones of block samitis and zila parishads had not been displayed at the BDPO office. They said the electoral rolls and the roster showing the reserved zones had not been completed.
The statement further read that the SAD-BJP government had not rewarded Rs 3 lakh to those panchayats elected unanimously.
The Congress has demanded that the government should “scrap the notification and reschedule the elections in a fair manner so as to provide a level playing field to one and all”.
Congress not ready for poll, claims ruling SAD
The demand of the Congress party to reschedule the elections to the ‘panchayati raj’ institutions was a clear indication that it was not prepared for the elections, Dr Daljit Singh Cheema, SAD Secretary and spokesman said in a statement.
Cheema said there was not an iota of truth in the allegations levelled by the Congress.
“The SAD has made it clear that the election for the post of sarpanch will not be held on the party symbol. In addition, it will be a direct election where all the electors can vote,” the statement read.
