Postpone local bodies poll, demands LIP

Ludhiana, January 20

Demanding that the local bodies’ elections should be postponed due to the ongoing farmers’ protest, Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) chief-cum-MLA Simarjeet Singh Bains said they would stage a symbolic protest outside the office of the Punjab Election Commission in Chandigarh on January 22.

Bains said: “The party’s core committee meeting was held on Wednesday. We are demanding that the local bodies’ elections in the state must be postponed as many people from the state are participating in the protests these days. Hence, the elections should be postponed till the end of the agitation.” He said: “We had earlier written to the Chief Minister and demanded that the elections must be postponed.” — TNS