Major political parities in Punjab Friday welcomed the announcement of Feb 13 as the date for assembly elections in the state.
The Election Commission in New Delhi Friday announced elections to 117 assembly seats would be held Feb 13.
The main contest will be between the ruling Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal and Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) combine. Smaller parties in the state’s poll scene include the Communists, smaller factions of Akalis, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and others.
Leaders of Congress, Akali-BJP combine and others promised an intensive poll campaign in the next one-and-a-half months.
The ruling Congress that has already been in a poll mode through massive rallies and a road show by Chief Minister Amarinder Singh is hoping to come back to power.
State Congress president Shamsher Singh Dullo said his party was all geared for the poll and would return to power with a thumping majority.
Akali Dal president Parkash Singh Badal said the announcement of the poll date and the enforcement of the model code of conduct was a good thing, as it would stop the misuse of official machinery that the Congress government was indulging in during the last few months.
‘it (the election result) will mark an end to corruption, repression and the anti-people policies adopted by the Congress government in the state,’ Badal said in a statement from Jalandhar.
Posted By Staff Reporter
in Punjab News
0 comments