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Elections being conducted in unconstitutional manner -MP Gurjeet Aujla on Panchayat polls
Babushahi Bureau
Amritsar, September 29, 2024: MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla has demanded a probe of the officials involved in Panchayat elections should be done to find out under whose guidelines they are working.
MP Aujla said that the state government is conducting Panchayat elections in an unconstitutional manner against which he will raise his voice.
"An atmosphere of uncertainty and fear has been created through the Panchayat elections. In villages, BDOs, BDPOs, and Election Officers are working as per the will of MLAs," he added.
He said that these elections have an impact on the politics of Punjab but the way the Constitution is being violated in these elections has never happened before.
He said that the Secretary, BDO, and BDPO have a very important role in filing nominations in elections but whenever candidates go to the block, those officials are not present there.
MP Aujla said that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that these elections will be held without any party symbol but in reality, his MLAs are managing everything. Seats were reserved on their own will whereas there is no reserved category in that area. Apart from this, the votes of five members of the same family have been made at different places so that they cannot exercise their rights.
He said that the government officials engaged in conducting the elections are working under the directions of his MLA. For this, the Election Commission is requested to check the phone details of the officers so that it can be known where they were present for the last three days and with whom they repeatedly talk.
MP Aujla said that if the Chief Minister had put in as much hard work in eliminating drug addiction as he is putting in reserving different wards and making different votes in the Panchayat elections, then Punjab would have become drug-free by now.
He said that the AAP government has failed miserably in the law and order situation. Demanding ransom, firing, and robbery incidents are becoming common. People are getting scared and Punjab is lagging. That is why he demands from the Election Commission that Panchayat elections should be conducted fairly so that people can exercise their rights without any fear.
He said that if anyone needs legal advice in this matter, then his office is always open for that.