Cong readies for aggressive campaign
Friday, 01/08/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140801/punjab.htm#8
Chandigarh : The state Congress plans to distribute copies of the SAD-BJP manifesto among voters to show that the promises have remained on paper, two years after the formation of the government in the state.
The BJP has deputed Cabinet Minister Madan Mohan Mittal for the Talwandi Sabo campaign. Party general secretary Tarun Chugh, a BJP leader from Amritsar, will accompany him. Talwandi Sabo has two urban segments — Talwandi Sabo and Rama Mandi.
The Congress is preparing a data on cancer patients in Talwandi Sabo and the effect of the pollution caused by the Bathinda refinery on nearby villages. Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa, who will be in Talwandi Sabo soon for campaigning, said the state government had not hiked pension for the elderly and shagun scheme funds despite promising to do so in its manifesto. He said almost all promises in the manifesto were yet to be honoured.
The Congress has selected MLAs for spearheading the poll campaign in Patiala and Talwandi Sabo.
