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state electIons 2022

Fight Gets UGLY

Mafia links? terror connections? anti-national remarks?

as the election race enters a decisive phase, top leaders make astonishing allegations
against each other. Why are various political parties showing this level of anxiety?

OUR BUREAU ment. We have only love for them,
nobody can change it,” he said.
New Delhi /Lucknow/Chandigarh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
eeping the poll heat on Sam- on Thursday hit out at the Congress
ajwadi Party, Prime Minister over Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit
KNarendra Modi has charged Singh Channi’s ‘UP, Bihar ke bhaiya’
that ‘parivaarvadi’ (dynasty rule) remark and said that the party always
wants to give power to mafias once pits people of one region against an-
again if voted to power. Modi’s tar- other.
get was the Samajwadi Party chief On a more serious note, Union
Akhilesh Yadav in his Kanpur rally, Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday
slamming the former Chief Minister assured Punjab Chief Minister Cha-
for the “poor track record on law ranjit Singh Channi that the Centre
and order”. has taken the matter of the alleged
links between the banned organisa-
“If they had their ways, they tion ‘Sikhs for Justice’ and the Aam
Aadmi Party (AAP) seriously and he
would have made Kanpur and would personally ensure that the mat-

other such areas in UP a ‘ma- ter is looked into in detail.
Earlier, the Punjab Chief Min-
fiaganj’ mohalla. now their Indian Youth Congress (IYC) supporters stage a demonstration against Delhi Chief Minister ister had written to Shah alleging
‘mafiagiri’ is counting its last Arvind Kejriwal outside the IYC office, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo) that the banned organization Sikhs
breath. these ‘parivaarvadi’ state will have another five phases ers. Manish Kumar Singh, National for Justice is in touch with AAP. The
Union Home Minister said Punjab
want to give power to mafias of polling. The counting of votes will Vice-President of the BJP Yuva Mor- Chief Minister had requested an in-
again. the people of UP will take place on March 10. cha, filed a complaint at the Kadam vestigation against the Aam Aadmi
Earlier in the same rally, UP CM
Party taking the help of banned sep-
Kuan Police Station.
have to stay on alert,” said Yogi Adityanath took a dig at the ri- “The Punjab CM made a contro- aratist organization Sikhs For Justice
PM Modi while addressing a vals, saying “a medical college is be- versial comment where he made an (SFJ) for Punjab Assembly polls.
inflammatory comment about not al-
“A political party maintaining a
ing constructed in each district of the
public rally in Kanpur dehat. state”. “Those who call themselves lowing people from UP and Bihar to connection with a banned, anti-na-
expressing confidence that the ‘Samajwadi’ are actually ‘Tamancha- come into the state. Every citizen has tional and separatist organization
the right to leave anywhere and this
and seeking help in elections is a se-
wadi’ (gunmen) and ‘Parivaarwadi”
BJP government will again be (dynastic), added Adityanath. right has been given to us by the Con- rious concern for national security.
As the election battle moves
formed in UP, PM Modi said, ahead, the fight is getting ugly too, es- stitution of India. Punjab Chief Min- This kind of agenda is in accordance
ister has insulted the people of Bihar
with agenda of the country’s enemies.
“these ‘Parivaarwadi’ will pecially in UP and Punjab. and Uttar Pradesh by his statement. It is condemnable that these people
BJP youth wing on Thursday
again be rejected by the people lodged an FIR against Punjab Chief We will protest until Channi apolo- are joining hands with separatists and
working towards threatening Pun-
gizes to us,” Singh said to reporters.
of Uttar Pradesh.” Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over Meanwhile, Punjab Chief Minis- jab as well as nations’ security in the
his statement against the citizens of Bi- ter on Thursday clarified his ‘UP-Bi- greed of power,” Shah said in his let-
“The festival of colours-Holi will har and Uttar Pradesh in Bihar’s Patna. har Ke bhaiya’ remark and said that ter to the Punjab Chief Minister.
be celebrated in Uttar Pradesh on Channi has courted controver- his statement was being miscon- The Union Home Minister as-
March 10 (the day of the counting of sy during a poll rally by asking peo- strued. “My statement is being mis- sured the Punjab Chief Minister that
votes) itself,” he added. Two phases ple not to let the “bhaiyas” of Uttar construed. All migrant workers who the central government took cogni-
of the seven-phased polls in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar enter the state, a re- came to Punjab till date, have toiled zance of the matter and will not al-
Pradesh have concluded, while the mark apparently aimed at AAP lead- and taken it on the path to develop- Continued at next page... >>

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