Congress activists hold meetings, not care two hoots about Covid norms

Mahesh Sharma

Mandi Ahmedgarh, January 17

Not caring two hoots about the guidelines on the prevention of coronavirus, activists of various wings of the Congress have started organising meetings and demonstrations to demand ticket for their leaders. Social distancing, face masks and sanitisation of hands were missing in almost all events.

As candidates of their rival parties already started their campaigns, supporters of probable Congress candidates apprehend that it would be difficult for them to streamline poll campaigns of their candidates whose names are yet to be declared.

Gill, Amargarh, Jagraon and Samrala are among the Assembly segments for which the Congress is yet to announce its nominees for contesting the elections. While the sitting legislator at Jagraon, Saravjit Kaur Manuke, is a AAP leader, Kuldeep Singh Vaid, Surjit Singh Dhiman and Amrik Singh Dhillon are sitting legislators of the Congress at Gill, Amargarh and Samrala segments, respectively.

Chairman, Market Committee, Kilaraipur, Ranjit Singh Mangat, said a large number of office-bearers and activists of various units of the Congress in the Gill Assembly segment had met him at Dehlon and asked him to take up the issue of declaration of ticket for the segment without any further delay.

“Having heard arguments of the activists, including sarpanches, panches, zila parishad members and block samiti members, we have urged Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and PPCC president Navjot Singh Sidhu to impress upon the high command to announce legislator Kuldeep Vaid as official nominee of the party,” Mangat said.

Congress activists at Ahmedgarh, led by Municipal Council Chief Vikas Tandon, also showed anguish over the undue delay in launching sitting legislator Surjit Singh Dhiman as a candidate whereas the Shiromani Akali Dal and the AAP had announced their candidates long time ago. Youth wing general secretary Gurjot Dhindsa, president, Overseas Congress, Davinder Singh Garcha, former legislator Jasvir Singh Khangura, former cricketer and actor Yograj Singh and Narpat Bagrian, are among claimants whose names are circulating in the area. Narpat Bagrian, scion of the Bagrian family led by Mai Roop Kaur, has also been reported to have convened protest meetings with large gatherings.