CEO biased, acting at behest of Akalis, alleges Amarinder
Wednesday, 26/03/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140326/punjab.htm#10
In Patiala to galvanise party workers from Sanaur in support of his wife Preneet Kaur, Capt Amarinder Singh flayed the Election Commission for "failing to act" against the Akalis for poll code violation. He called Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) VK Singh "Zero Aadmi”.
Alleging the CEO was biased, Amarinder said: "I am sorry at the way the official machinery in Punjab is being misused and the CEO is himself acting at the behest of the Akalis."
Accompanied by Preneet and son Raninder Singh, Amarinder assured all Congress candidates that he would tour Punjab to campaign for them despite his candidature from Amritsar.
“I was informed four days ago that I will be contesting from Amritsar. Once I got the call from Sonia Gandhi, I decided to call it a war and took out my sword. Now, it will return to the scabbard only when the battle is won,” he said.
Amarinder said he had already got two calls from Manpreet Badal (Congress-PPP nominee from Bathinda).
In a lighter vein, he said, “Patiala Deputy Commissioner Gopal Krishan Singh needs specks to see the code violations by Akalis. They openly distributed liquor at a rally in Sanaur and he gave them a clean chit. Can’t he see the violations? If so, can’t he even read media reports?” he questioned.
When contacted, the Deputy Commissioner refuted the allegations as baseless. He claimed he had been “impartial” in his probe into the incident.
