Chandigarh, December 20: While Opposition parties AAP and SAD are complaining of problems during filing of nomination papers for the forthcoming panchayat polls in Punjab, it is Congress versus Congress in many villages with Congress supporters even clashing with each other over the filing of nomination papers.
One such incident happened in Jaiton constituency of Faridkot district Wednesday morning when Congress workers were accompanying a candidate, Sukhjit Kaur, for the filing of her nomination papers for the post of sarpanch in village Dhapai. However, Kaur’s papers were snatched away by yet another group of Congressmen at market committee office of Jaiton.
Kaur, in her complaint to the police, alleged that her nomination papers were snatched by few persons, who then ran away. Later, she along with her supporters staged a dharna on the Kotkapura-Bathinda road, which ended after an FIR was lodged against unknown persons. Tehsildar also promised her that he will help out in getting her nomination papers completed. The incident happened on last day of filing nomination papers.
In a similar case in village Naushera Pannua in Tarantaran district, two Congress groups clashed with each other over filing of nomination papers and even firing in air was reported on Tuesday. In Batala’s Aliwal village as well, shots were fired as two Congress groups took on each other Wednesday afternoon injuring one Congress candidate Gurwinder Singh. This clash was also over filing of nomination papers.
In Ferozepur’s Ghall Khurd police station, an FIR was lodged against nine persons for snatching nomination papers and even damaging car of one Karaj Singh. This incident had happened on Tuesday. A video of village Gajniwala Dhanian of Ferozepur has also gone viral in which two groups are attacking each other within government senior seconadary school of Mamdot and even here as well issue is of nomination papers to be filed for the above said village. These two Congress groups clashed on Tuesday and sources revealed that later they were called to the office of Cabinet Minister Rana Sodhi, who is MLA of the area.
