New Delhi: The rift between farmers union is evident now as two two groups held separate meetings at Gandhi Peace Foundation to chalk out planning for its movement demanding the guarantee of MSP.

According to the sources, one group held meeting inside the main hall while another outside.

Darshan Pal, Hannan Mollah, Jagjit Singh Dallewal, Joginder Singh Ugrahan, Shivkumar Sharma (Kakkaji), Yudhveer Singh and Yogendra Yadav leaders had not contested the recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls and they preferred to sit outside in protest against those who contested occupied the main hall citing that they formed their political party and no longer part of the SKM.

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CHANDIGARH: Holding the Gandhis solely responsible for the complete rout of the Congress in all the recent Assembly polls, PLC chief Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday hit out at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) for trying to put the blame of their party’s dismal defeat in Punjab on him instead of gracefully admitting to their own blunders.

“The Congress has not only lost in Punjab but also in UP, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur and the Gandhis are entirely to blame for the party’s shameful defeat,” he said, adding that the fact was that the people, across the country, had lost faith in the leadership of the Gandhis.

Pointing out that many senior leaders within the party were outright blaming the infighting in Punjab Congress and the ‘anti-party’ statements of Navjot Sidhu for the abysmal performance in Punjab, the former chief minister the Congress was comfortably placed in the state till he was sacked to favour certain sycophants. The party had dug its own grave in the border state the day they decided to back an “unstable” and “pompous” person like Navjot Sidhu, and naming a corrupt man like Charanjit Singh Channi as chief minister just months before the polls, he said.

The CWC leaders who were claiming that there was a strong “anti-incumbency” against his (Captain Amarinder’s) government had conveniently forgotten that he had won every election for the party since 2017, the last being the civic bodies election in February 2021, just seven months before his unceremonious removal, he pointed out.

“These leaders are just sycophants who are trying to shield the family by shifting blame and closing their eyes to the writing on the wall,” he said, adding that the Congress had no future under the present setup.

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New Delhi: More than 21% of voters exercised franchise in the first 4 hours of polling for 7th and last phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats on Monday.

Voting began at 7am and will end at 4pm in Chakia, Chandauli; Robertsganj and Duddhi, Sonbhadra seats while in the rest of the constituencies, voting will continue till 6 pm.

Meanwhile, voting is underway at Azamgarh, Mau, Jaunpur, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Bhadohi and Sonbhadra constituencies.

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. Chandigarh: In order to facilitate the voter of Punjab during the Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections, the Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab, Dr. S. Karuna Raju has asked the voters to carry Electors Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) to establish their identity at the polling station before casting votes on februry 20 , 2022.

According to the directions of ECI, those electors not having EPIC could cast their votes if they have any of the alternative documents like Aadhaar card, MGNREGA job card, Bank or Post office passbooks with photographs, Health insurance smart card issued under the scheme of ministry of labour, driving license, PAN card, Smart card issued by RGI under NPR, Indian Passport, Pension documents with photograph, service ID cards (with photograph) issued by central or state governments or public sector undertakings/Public limited Companies, official identity card issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs and Unique Disability ID (UDID) issued by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Government of India. These total 12 documents to be used as identity proof.

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JALANDHAR: Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Elections Officer Ghanshyam Thori today while participating in a poll preparedness review meeting, said that district administration Jalandhar is all set for the smooth conduct of forthcoming assembly elections as all the necessary arrangements have already been put in place in this regard.

The DC said that on Poll day i.e. February 20, 2022, the polling will be held between 8am to 6 pm across all 1975 polling stations and requisite preparations have been finalized to ensure the conduct of this mammoth exercise smoothly. Giving more details, he said that the GPS monitoring was guaranteed of vehicles tasked with the transportation of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) to polling stations as GPS systems have already been fitted in as many as 746 vehicles.

Speaking on the arrangements made for PWD voters, the DC said that surplus arrangement of wheelchairs have been ensured with procurement of as many as 1335 wheelchairs for all 1163 polling locations. Likewise, Pick and Drop facilities would be provided to those PWD voters who have sought this assistance through PWD mobile app or BLOs, said DC.

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New Delhi: Claiming to register a thumping victory in the upcoming assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Home Minister Amit Shah said that BJP will cross the 300 mark in the elections.

Shah launched a mega membership drive “Mera Parivaar-BJP Parivaar” from Lucknow.

Speaking on the event, “Without UP there cannot be government at centre and UP gets a huge credit to make Narendra Modi governments in 2014 and 2019,” he said.

Shah said that they have fulfilled all promises made to people in 2017 and appealed people to vote for BJP.

“We have fulfilled all promises made to the people in 2017, but we need five years to uplift the standard of UP and make it number one state across the country. If you want Modi PM in 2024 then cast your vote to BJP and elect Yogi Adityanath as CM in 2022,” Shah said.

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Chandigarh: Farmer bodies agitating against the Centre’s agriculture laws on Friday appealed to all political parties to suspend their election campaign till the schedule for the Punjab Assembly polls is out so that the focus remains on their agitation.

Farmer leader Balbir Singh Rajewal, who presided over the meeting, said that Congress and SAD leaders said that they will discuss the matter with party high command before announcing any decision on it while all other parties have supported this decision.

“We appeal our activists to not harass any political leaders visiting any social events but If any party continue to organise political events we will see them as anti-farmer activities to harm the ongoing protest against three-farm bills,” he said.

The Congress delegation was led by its Punjab unit chief Navjot Singh Sidhu. Sidhu later, posted a tweet and wrote, “Had a positive meeting with Samyukt Kisan Morcha … Discussed the way forward !!”

Apart from the two parties, representatives of AAP, BSP, Lok Insaaf Party and the SAD (Sanyukt) took part in the meeting. BJP had not been invited by the farmers.

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ਦਿੱਲੀ ਸਿੱਖ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਪ੍ਰਬੰਧਕ ਕਮੇਟੀ (ਡੀ. ਐੱਸ. ਜੀ. ਐੱਮ. ਸੀ.) ਦੀਆਂ ਚੋਣਾਂ ਐਤਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਹੋਈਆਂ। ਦਿੱਲੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਚੋਣ ਬੋਰਡ ਦੀ ਨਿਗਰਾਨੀ ਹੇਠ ਚੋਣ ਅਮਲ ਸਵੇਰੇ 8 ਤੋਂ ਸ਼ਾਮ 5 ਵਜੇ ਤੱਕ ਚੱਲਿਆ।ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੇ ਸਾਰੇ 46 ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ਵਾਰਡ ਲਈ 23 ਰਿਟਰਨਿੰਗ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ ਨਿਯੁਕਤ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਸਨ।

ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰੀ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ਦੇ ਸਰਕਾਰੀ ਸਕੂਲਾਂ ‘ਚ ਬਣਾਏ ਗਏ 546 ਮਤਦਾਨ ਕੇਂਦਰਾਂ ‘ਤੇ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਪਾਈਆਂ ਗਈਆਂ। ਚੋਣ ਮੈਦਾਨ ‘ਚ 132 ਨਿਰਦਲ ਉਮੀਦਵਾਰਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਕੁੱਲ 312 ਉਮੀਦਵਾਰ ਸਨ। DSGMC ਚੋਣਾਂ ‘ਚ ਜੇਕਰ ਮੁਕਾਬਲੇ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਕੀਤੀ ਜਾਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਇਸ ਵਾਰ ਮੁਕਾਬਲਾ ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਦਲ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੇ ਪਰਮਜੀਤ ਸਰਨਾ ਭਰਾਵਾਂ ਤੇ ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਦਲ ਬਾਦਲ ਦੇ ਮਨਜਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਸਿਰਸਾ ਦੀ ਪਾਰਟੀ ਦੇ ਵਿਚ ਹੈ। ਚੋਣ ਪ੍ਰਚਾਰ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਹੀ ਆਪਣੀ-ਆਪਣੀ ਜਿੱਤਾ ਦਾ ਦਾਅਵਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ।

ਸਵੇਰੇ 8 ਵਜੇ ਤੋਂ ਸਿੱਖ ਵੋਟਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਪਾਉਣੀਆਂ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤੀਆਂ ਸਨ। ਵੱਡੀ ਗਿਣਤੀ ਵਿਚ ਲੋਕ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਪਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਉੱਥੇ ਪਹੁੰਚੇ। ਵੋਟਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਬੀਬੀਆਂ ਵਿਚ ਵੀ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਆਇਆ । ਇੰਨਾ ਚੋਣਾਂ ਵਿਚ ਸਾਰੇ 576 ਬੂਥਾਂ ’ਤੇ ਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਦੇ ਸਖ਼ਤ ਬੰਦੋਬਸਤ ਕੀਤੇ ਗਏ ਸਨ। ਸਾਰੇ ਬੂਥਾਂ ’ਤੇ ਉੱਚਿਤ ਪੈਰਾ-ਮਿਲਟਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਪੁਲਸ ਦੇ ਜਵਾਨ ਤਾਇਨਾਤ ਰਹੇ। ਪੁਲਸ ਦੇ ਆਲਾ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ ਆਪਣੇ-ਆਪਣੇ ਇਲਾਕੇ ਵਿਚ ਬੂਥਾਂ ’ਤੇ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਰੱਖ ਰਹੇ ਸਨ। ਸਾਰੇ ਬੂਥਾਂ ’ਤੇ ਸੀ. ਸੀ. ਟੀ. ਵੀ. ਕੈਮਰੇ ਵੀ ਲਾਏ ਗਏ ਸਨ।

ਕੁੱਲ CA —
ਦਿੱਲੀ ਸਿੱਖ ਚੋਣਾਂ ਲਈ ਕੁੱਲ 312 ਉਮੀਦਵਾਰ ਚੋਣ ਮੈਦਾਨ ਵਿਚ ਉਤਰੇ ਸਨ। ਚੋਣਾਂ ’ਚ 7 ਧਾਰਮਿਕ ਪਾਰਟੀਆਂ ਮੈਦਾਨ ਵਿਚ ਸਨ। ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ’ਚੋਂ ਮੁੱਖ ਰੂਪ ਨਾਲ ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਦਲ (ਬਾਦਲ), ਸ਼੍ਰੋਮਣੀ ਅਕਾਲੀ ਦਲ (ਦਿੱਲੀ), ਜਾਗੋ ਪਾਰਟੀ, ਪੰਥਕ ਲਹਿਰ ਚੋਣਾਂ ਲੜ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਚੋਣਾਂ ਲਈ 546 ਪੋਲਿੰਗ ਬੂਥ ਬਣਾਏ ਗਏ। ਇਸ ਵਾਰ ਕੁੱਲ 3.42 ਲੱਖ ਵੋਟਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਵੋਟ ਦੇ ਅਧਿਕਾਰ ਦੀ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਕਿੱਤੀ । ਕੁੱਲ ਵੋਟਰਾਂ ਵਿਚ 1.71 ਲੱਖ ਪੁਰਸ਼ ਵੋਟਰ ਅਤੇ ਕਰੀਬ 1.71 ਲੱਖ ਮਹਿਲਾ ਵੋਟਰ ਸਨ। ਚੋਣਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਤੀਜੇ 25 ਅਗਸਤ ਨੂੰ ਐਲਾਨੇ ਜਾਣਗੇ।

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