Ludhiana: Upset over not getting party ticket, two Congress Leader – 4-time MLA samrala Amrik Singh Dhillon and singer-cum-principal leader from Sahenwal Satwinder bitty It has been decided to contest as an independent from these seats.
Congress MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon filed his nomination papers as an independent on Thursday. Confirming the development, Dhillon said, “My career in Congress is more than 40 years and I am a 4 time MLA from Samrala but all these credentials have been ignored to give ticket to someone who is a councilor. Can’t even win elections. Not only me, but the people of the area were kept in the dark as top Congress leaders kept rallies in my name and now we have got the same reward.
In its second list of candidates, Congress had fielded Raja Gill, a close aide of cabinet minister Gurkeerat Singh Kotli, from Samrala and Vikram Bajwa (son-in-law of former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal) from Sahnewal. Interestingly, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had recently presided over a rally in Samrala organized by Amrik Singh Dhillon, where he projected Dhillon as a very prominent and loyal Congress leader. Earlier, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Navjot Singh Sidhu presided over a rally here. bearers Where he praised Bitti fiercely. Despite the anger of both Dhillon and Bitti against the party, no one from the Congress high command approached him to resolve the situation.
Speaking to TOI, Bitti said, “The decision to field a weak candidate from Sahnewal has been taken by some nefarious elements of the Congress along with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) so that their candidate wins and the Congress is in the midst of such a situation. Despite this, lose from here. Powerful position from here. I am surprised that despite giving slogans like ‘Ladki hoon lar shakti hoon’ Priyanka Gandhi is silent on this kind of treatment of women of her party, especially women like me, who have tried to make inroads of Congress in this constituency. faced turbulent situations. Like Sahnewal which has been ruled by SAD for a decade.
Bitti said, “I feel very hurt and humiliated by not being given the ticket, but at the same time I cannot ignore the aspirations and hopes of my supporters and workers who believe that I need to contest elections.” . Therefore, I have decided that I will soon file my nomination as an independent from the Sahnewal constituency and now it is up to the Congress high command to either reverse its decision of fielding another candidate or return to this seat. Give it to SAD as a gift.
Congress MLA Amrik Singh Dhillon filed his nomination papers as an independent on Thursday. Confirming the development, Dhillon said, “My career in Congress is more than 40 years and I am a 4 time MLA from Samrala but all these credentials have been ignored to give ticket to someone who is a councilor. Can’t even win elections. Not only me, but the people of the area were kept in the dark as top Congress leaders kept rallies in my name and now we have got the same reward.
In its second list of candidates, Congress had fielded Raja Gill, a close aide of cabinet minister Gurkeerat Singh Kotli, from Samrala and Vikram Bajwa (son-in-law of former CM Rajinder Kaur Bhattal) from Sahnewal. Interestingly, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi had recently presided over a rally in Samrala organized by Amrik Singh Dhillon, where he projected Dhillon as a very prominent and loyal Congress leader. Earlier, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee President Navjot Singh Sidhu presided over a rally here. bearers Where he praised Bitti fiercely. Despite the anger of both Dhillon and Bitti against the party, no one from the Congress high command approached him to resolve the situation.
Speaking to TOI, Bitti said, “The decision to field a weak candidate from Sahnewal has been taken by some nefarious elements of the Congress along with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) so that their candidate wins and the Congress is in the midst of such a situation. Despite this, lose from here. Powerful position from here. I am surprised that despite giving slogans like ‘Ladki hoon lar shakti hoon’ Priyanka Gandhi is silent on this kind of treatment of women of her party, especially women like me, who have tried to make inroads of Congress in this constituency. faced turbulent situations. Like Sahnewal which has been ruled by SAD for a decade.
Bitti said, “I feel very hurt and humiliated by not being given the ticket, but at the same time I cannot ignore the aspirations and hopes of my supporters and workers who believe that I need to contest elections.” . Therefore, I have decided that I will soon file my nomination as an independent from the Sahnewal constituency and now it is up to the Congress high command to either reverse its decision of fielding another candidate or return to this seat. Give it to SAD as a gift.
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