Warring files plaint with election commission against Kejriwal
JALANDHAR: The Congress filed a written complaint with the election commission against Delhi chief minister and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal for allegedly violating the model code of conduct during the AAP’s rally in Jalandhar, on Friday.
In a complaint filed by Punjab Congress committee Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, it was stated that Kejriwal made announcements related to setting up of a PGIlike health facility centre in Jalandhar and making blue cards for free ration to poor people. “Since the model code of conduct is in place, Kejriwal and the AAP can’t make such statements and announcements publicly,” said Warring. He said Punjab’s chief electoral officer Sibin C had been asked to look into the matter and take required action.
Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa hit out at Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann for hiring chartered planes to campaign in the Karnataka assembly polls only to be a “spoilsport”. “No matter what they do, the AAP will meet the same fate as they experienced during the Himachal
Pradesh and Gujarat assembly polls held last year,” said Bajwa.
AAP defrauded Dalits in state, says Dr Sukhi
SAD-BSP joint candidate Dr Sukhwinder Singh Sukhi on Friday asked chief minister Bhagwant Mann to explain why the AAP government had defrauded Dalits by keeping them out of the ambit in both the political and administrative spheres.
Addressing a press conference here along with SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia, the SAD-BSP joint candidate said Arvind Kejriwal had promised that the party would appoint a Dalit deputy chief minister in case it was elected to power. “It, however, did not find even a single Dalit eligible for the post,” he said.
Dr Sukhi said after coming to power, the AAP government sent seven persons to the Rajya Sabha but did not nominate a single Dalit to the Upper House. He also cited how the chief minister’s office had through an affidavit in the high court stated that SC candidates were not not suitable to be appointed as law officers in Punjab.