Jagtar Singh Lamba
Amritsar, January 8
Senior Congress leader Harish Chaudhary, sent by the Congress High Command, after holding separate meetings with the senior leadership of Amritsar district, said that in the municipal elections of Amritsar, the Congress party is very close to the majority with 40 seats and some other members. With the help of the party will make its mayor. Punjab Pradesh Congress President and Member of Parliament Amarinder Singh Raja Waring, Opposition Leader Pratap Singh Bajwa, former Minister and MLA Tripat Rajinder Singh Bajwa and Captain Sandeep Sandhu were present in the meeting held by him. After meeting with all the leaders, Raja Waring, who looked satisfied, said that the Congress party always does its work within the code of conduct and respects everyone’s feelings. He said that in a couple of days, the Congress High Command will take a proper decision about it, which will be universally accepted.
Mr. Bajwa told the leaders of the ruling party that they will use as many tricks as they want but they will not succeed. In response to a question, he said that whoever’s name has been stamped by the Congress party for the post of Mayor, it will be according to the guidelines of the Congress High Command after everyone’s advice and feelings. Sukhbinder Singh Sarkaria, OP Soni, Bhagwant Pal Singh Sachar, Dr Rajkumar, Sunil Datti, Inderbir Singh Bularia, Jasbir Singh Dimpa, Ashwani Pappu, Dinesh Bassi, Jugal Kishore Sharma, Babbi Pahlwan, Raman Bakshi were also present in today’s meeting.
It is to be noted that out of 85 seats in the Municipal Corporation elections, Congress has won in 40 wards. A majority of more than half is required to become mayor while AAP has won 24 seats and has claimed to be its mayor by inducting 4 independent councilors into the party. In this election, BJP won 9 seats and Shiromani Akali Dal 4 seats while 8 independent councilors won the election.
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