Bathinda, May 11
The BJP is trying hard to benefit from the alleged rift between three factions of the district SAD as the divide between the SAD (B) and BJP in Bathinda district is getting wider day-by-day.
In a recent statement, BJP leaders levelled a number of allegations against the SAD leaders related to “misuse of power” and warned SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal of facing resentment from the BJP, if he plans to contest from the Bathinda parliamentary seat.
Taking a serious note of SAD leaders who claimed that the BJP had no base in rural area, BJP leaders D.P. Chandan, Mohit Gupta, Narender Mittal, Gulzar Singh and Naveen Singla lashed out at SAD for using the BJP’s name and symbol in the posters and stickers of SAD candidates.
The BJP leaders today came out with cases where police officers, under pressure from the ruling party, allegedly attempted to negotiate with the other candidates and even offered money for the withdrawal of nominations.
Citing the “support” they offered to Dera Sacha Sauda followers, the leaders claimed their votes in the PRI polls.
Refuting the statement of Sikander Singh Maluka, the SAD district president, about the pre-decided (60:40) ratio of the SAD-BJP seats in the impending Bathinda Municipal Corporation elections, they said, “The party is not bound by Maluka and the allocation of seats would be decided keeping keeping in view the overall scenario.”
Party sources said on the condition of anonymity that the BJP leaders, to cash in on the reported tussle of former minister Chiranji Lal Garg with Sarup Chand Singla and Sikander Singh Maluka, have been trying to approach him for his support in polls.
On the other hand, CM Parkash Singh Badal has deputed him for the bypoll to pre-
empt his involvement in Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections in Bathinda district.
Chiranji Lal Garg, while speaking on phone from Amritsar, said, “The chief minister himself deputed me here and I am supposed to follow the orders of my “boss”. Moreover, I consider these rural polls as a petty issue, so I am giving my best in the Amritsar poll.”
The BJP is trying hard to benefit from the alleged rift between three factions of the district SAD as the divide between the SAD (B) and BJP in Bathinda district is getting wider day-by-day.
In a recent statement, BJP leaders levelled a number of allegations against the SAD leaders related to “misuse of power” and warned SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal of facing resentment from the BJP, if he plans to contest from the Bathinda parliamentary seat.
Taking a serious note of SAD leaders who claimed that the BJP had no base in rural area, BJP leaders D.P. Chandan, Mohit Gupta, Narender Mittal, Gulzar Singh and Naveen Singla lashed out at SAD for using the BJP’s name and symbol in the posters and stickers of SAD candidates.
The BJP leaders today came out with cases where police officers, under pressure from the ruling party, allegedly attempted to negotiate with the other candidates and even offered money for the withdrawal of nominations.
Citing the “support” they offered to Dera Sacha Sauda followers, the leaders claimed their votes in the PRI polls.
Refuting the statement of Sikander Singh Maluka, the SAD district president, about the pre-decided (60:40) ratio of the SAD-BJP seats in the impending Bathinda Municipal Corporation elections, they said, “The party is not bound by Maluka and the allocation of seats would be decided keeping keeping in view the overall scenario.”
Party sources said on the condition of anonymity that the BJP leaders, to cash in on the reported tussle of former minister Chiranji Lal Garg with Sarup Chand Singla and Sikander Singh Maluka, have been trying to approach him for his support in polls.
On the other hand, CM Parkash Singh Badal has deputed him for the bypoll to pre-
empt his involvement in Zila Parishad and Block Samiti elections in Bathinda district.
Chiranji Lal Garg, while speaking on phone from Amritsar, said, “The chief minister himself deputed me here and I am supposed to follow the orders of my “boss”. Moreover, I consider these rural polls as a petty issue, so I am giving my best in the Amritsar poll.”
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