Sangrur, February 14
Alleging assault on their candidates and bogus voting, leaders of the SAD and AAP, along with Independents from Bhawanigarh, today sat on a protest against the local police. However, in Sunam, the ruling party leaders alleged bogus voting. In other towns, elections remained largely peaceful.
“Policemen did not take any action when Congress workers attacked SAD leaders and threatened Independent candidates. Congress has misused all official machinery. We will not lift our protest till action is taken against local police officers,” said Harbhajan Singh Happy, who contested as an Independent.
In Dhuri, some AAP leaders alleged that they were attacked by some persons near the polling station of ward number 1 and demanded action. “In Bhawanigarh, someone else cast the vote of our candidate Ram Singh of ward number 10 and his wife. Congress misused its power at other places as its leaders know that they would lose elections,” alleged Sangrur BJP chief Randeep Deol.
In Sunam, local Congress halqa incharge Daman Thind Bajwa alleged: ” In ward number 8, votes of 18 persons were cast by someone else. Opposition parties resorted to bogus voting as they are losing election,” he alleged.
“There was no violence and we are looking into complaints received from Bhawanigarh and Dhuri,” said Sangrur SSP Vivek Sheel Soni. — TNS
Protest over ‘bogus voting’ in Sangrur
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