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Punjab's top Election official
is from Amarinder's mohalla: Akali Dal
WSN Network
CHANDIGARH:
Reeling under an aggressive and resurgent Congress, and badgered
everyday by Election officials who are taking the government to task
for mistakes big and small, the Akali Dal of Sukhbir Singh Badal has
now found who was its real enemy: The Election Commission itself.
The Shiromani
Akali Dal has said not just the Election Commission but its
Punjab
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Kusumjit Sidhu were “patently biased
stand” against the SAD- BJP government and were hounding its
members.
The SAD,
following a two-pronged strategy, claims the Election Commission is
soft towards the Congress in the state because former Chief Minister
and party campaign committee in charge Amarinder Singh is classmate
of Election Commissioner Navin Chawla. It claims Patiala MP Preneet
Kaur has, on record , admitted this “closeness”.
Regarding CEO
Kusumjit Sidhu, the SAD claims she and Amarinder Singh are from the
same village of Mehraj near Rampura Phul. “In fact they are from the
same ‘patti’ (mohalla)”, it is claimed.
SAD secretary
general Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa, who is also contesting from Sangrur,
said all these issues were agitating SAD leadership. He said the
party was considering to approach the EC on the issues. The SAD
demanded that an officer from South India given the responsibility
of this office in Punjab.
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April 2009
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