Punjab Municipal Elections: Polling in Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar Begins
Shiromani Akali Dal demands cancellation of Municipal Election in Patiala, says if EC the same does not happens that they will give bangles to the State Election Commissioner after 2 days.
A jittery Punjab Congress after realising it was going to lose municipal corporation elections in Patiala, the home town of CM @capt_amarinder, let loose its goons on SAD-BJP workers and indulged in violence and booth rigging.The State police remained a mute spectator./1 pic.twitter.com/DVi0sprn57
— Sukhbir Singh Badal (@officeofssbadal) December 17, 2017
पटियाला सभी बुधों पर @INCIndia के गुंडों के क़ब्ज़ा कर लिया। पुलिस दे रही है गुंडों का साथ ।@capt_amarinder भाजपा व अकाली दल से मुक़ाबला नहीं कर सकती इस लिये हो रहा @GovtPunjab की मशीनरी का दुरउपयोग। @pankajnews18@ZeePunjab@mhonenews@PTC_Network@PTI_News@AmitTaneja1@Ramlal
— Vijay Sampla MoS (@vijay_sampla) December 17, 2017
8:13 AM Voting begins in Patiala. 8:10 AM ”Our candidate Gurmit Kaur from ward number 59 has been detained by the Civil Line police in Patiala in some old case,” Daljit Singh Cheema said. 7:59 AM According to the spokesman of state election commission said that election commission has ordered videography in all the polling stations which have been declared very sensitive. 7:56 AM In Patiala, Amarpal Singh has been given the observer duty for wards 1-20, Sibin C for wards 21-40 and nagar panchayat Ghagga, Parveen Thind for wards 41-50 and nagar panchayat Ghanaur, and Hargunjit Kaur for wards 51-60 and Amloh MC in the Fatehgarh Sahib district. 7:51 AM For Jalandhar, TPS Phoolka has been appointed as the observer for wards 1-6, 53-55, 57-62, 63-66, 69-71, 79-80, Rahul Gupta PCS for wards 7-14, 16-17, 56, 15, 18-20, 48-52, 67-68, Abhinav for wards 21-47 and 72-78, Vikas Garg IAS for MC Bhogpur and Goraya and BS Rai IAS for nagar panchayat Bilga and Shahkot. 7:42 AM The IAS officers on observer duty in Amritsar are: MS Narang for ward number 1-21 and Nagar Panchayat Rajasansi, BS Dhaliwal for ward 22-42, Praneet for ward 43-64, and Ashwani Kumar for ward 65-85.Voting for #CivicPolls begins in Punjab, visuals from Amritsar. Polls being held in 3 municipal corporation - Amritsar, Jalandhar & Patiala and 32 municipal councils & Nagar Panchayats in the state. pic.twitter.com/cMCel39URF — ANI (@ANI) December 17, 2017