When facts tell a different story
Sen had won the zila parishad seat defeating a candidate backed by Congress minister Anirudh Singh. Only the AAP government in Punjab raises its voice against every ‘dhakkheshahi’ (coercive tactics) and anti-people laws. Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa was left red-faced after making a remark to take a dig at the AAP government. Raising questions over the delay, it asks: “Are we not part of democracy? Ever since Congress appointed Sanjay Dutt as in-charge of Haryana affairs, the principal opposition party has been undergoing a much-needed overhaul. A renewed spring in the steps of Congress workers is clearly visible. Leading from the front, Dutt, a former three-term MLA of Maharashtra, is known for his hands on approach. Refusing to confine himself to Delhi, he has been criss-crossing the state, reaching out to party workers and reviving the organisation at the grassroots along with Haryana Congress chief Rao Narender Singh who is equally active. An ambulance in Junga started a credit war between the Congress and the BJP in Himachal. Saffron party’s zila parishad member Kush Vikram Sen took to social media saying though the ambulance was brought to the area, the vehicle was of no use sans a driver. “The BJP went to town singing paeans after its MP provided the ambulance. But now they come to us asking for a driver.
What the CM overlooked was the Congress-led United Democratic Front government’s resolution passed by the Keralam assembly on October 12, seeking CEC’s removal. Addressing a press conference in Bathinda on October 21, the Congress leader urged voters to elect educated candidates, saying he felt pained to be the LoP in an AAP-dominated House where 47 of the 117 MLAs had studied only up to class 12. With the 2027 Punjab assembly elections approaching, Akali Dal (Waris Punjab De) has stepped up political activities, putting up hoardings across the state. The outfit, floated by jailed Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh’s father at the Maghi Mela in Muktsar in January 2025, has inducted new faces and announced 12 candidates but is yet to secure formal registration or an election symbol from the Election Commission of India.
Claiming that no resolution has been passed in any other state assembly on this much-talked about issue, Mann said, “Most state governments are of the BJP, whereas Congress governments in two-three states lack the courage. However, when a reporter quipped that former Punjab Congress president and Ludhiana MP Amarinder Singh Raja Warring was a matriculate, an embarrassed Bajwa said the issue should not be taken lightly and he was referring to the present assembly. You cannot first bring an elephant and then arrange grass for it later,” Anirudh said, adding that driver would be provided soon.
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday boasted about his government’s resolution in the Punjab assembly against CEC Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter-lists irregularities, but erred on a key fact.
