Lakhwinder Singh
Malott, 14 December
After the papers of Akali Dal, Congress and BJP candidates were rejected regarding the by-election of ward number 12 here, the workers and leaders of all the parties blocked the National Highway passing through the city and raised slogans against the administration and the Punjab government. He termed this action as killing of democracy. On this occasion, former Akali Dal MLA Harpreet Singh Kotbhai said that winning and losing through votes is a different thing, but depriving someone of the right to contest and vote, how justified is it? Under the pressure of the government and its representatives, the administrative officials have rejected the papers of the representatives of all the parties by making illegal mistakes in the papers. Former Congress MLA Rupinder Kaur Ruby, present in the protest, also condemned the Punjab government and administration. Representatives of different parties claimed that they will knock the door of the court against this push. On this occasion, leaders of various parties, Chairman Balkar Singh Aulakh, Nursing Das Chalana, Advocate Jaspal Aulakh, Goldie Bhullar, Ashwini Dawar etc. were present. On the other hand, when I tried to talk to Sub Divisional Magistrate PCS Sanjeev Kumar about this, he did not answer the phone.