SAD Boycott Call Affects Voting In Tarn Taran Village
SAD Boycott Call Affects Voting In Tarn Taran Village Voting during the zila parishad and block samiti elections was affected as Shiromani Akali Dal boycott polls, in village Bhikhiwind, Tarn Taran here on Wednesday. Blaming the ruling Congress for allegedly using official machinery to get the nomination papers of its candidates rejected, SAD had announced to boycott zila parishad and block samiti elections in the assembly constituencies of Gurdaspur, Dera Baba Nanak and Fategarh Churian. Also, it has dared the Congress to get their nomination papers restored and contest the battle of ballot with them. SAD’s Gurdaspur unit president Gurbchan Singh Babehali had earlier said that the party had boycotted the panchayati raj institution elections in three assembly constituencies. Also Read: SAD, Cong workers clash in in Sohi Kalan of Majlata constituency; 1 akali worker injured
“There is no point in contesting elections when nomination papers of a majority of our candidates have been rejected under the influence of Congress leaders,” he alleged. “We are still hopeful in other constituencies including Batala, Qadian and Sri Hargobindpur where the party will contest polls. Since BJP has its majority in Dinanagar constituency so it was up to it to take the decision,” he said. -PTC News
