Hardeep Singh
Dharamkot, 12 December
The last day of Municipal Council Dharamkot nominations turned violent today when clashes broke out between Aam Aadmi Party and Congress supporters while filing papers. It is reported that five persons, including three candidates belonging to the Congress party, have been detained by the police. Confirming this, Dharamkot Police Chief Jatinder Singh said that the police have detained some people who were rioting during the election process. The police have also recovered deadly weapons from them. All these persons have been kept in Dharamkot police station. On the other hand, former Constituency MLA Sukhjit Singh Kaka Lohgarh said that his supporters were prevented from filing papers and AAP supporters even beat up his workers in the presence of the police.
Party candidate Lovepreet Singh from Ward No. 12 of Dharamkot, Bikar Singh from Ward No. 5 and his supporter Babban Singh along with party candidate Pramjit Kaur’s husband Ranjit Singh who is the Congress ETC President and his son Kulbir Singh were detained and kept in an unknown location. has happened On this occasion, a large number of Congress supporters under the leadership of former MLA Lohgarh are present in Dharamkot police station. District president of Youth Congress Sohan Singh Khela, accusing constituency MLA Davinderjit Singh Ladi Dhos, said that AAP workers had committed hooliganism on the MLA’s son here today. He alleged that MLA Dhos was present there during all this time, but MLA Dhos dismissed all these allegations as baseless. He said that all the nominations were conducted in a peaceful manner. 6 candidates of Congress party have also submitted their papers.