TARN TARAN, October 15 (Harbans Singh)
The Congress presented a grand show of unity today, as the party candidate for Tarn Taran assembly by-election filed his nomination papers. Entire senior leadership of the party was present on the occasion.
Tens of thousands of Congress workers today participated in the grand roadshow ahead of the party candidate Karanbir Singh Burj filing his nomination papers for the November 11 by-election here today.
The party leaders including general secretary in-charge Punjab Bhupesh Bhagel, PCC president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and several other senior leaders also participated in the roadshow.
The party leaders recalled the services of Burj’s family to the Sikh panth. His grandfather Jawahar Singh was the ‘Mukh Sewadar’ of Durbar Sahib, before the SGPC took over. He would go on his bicycle from his village to Durbar Sahib along with his own food from home to serve in the Durbar Sahib.
The Congress leaders said, with such a religious family tradition dedicated to serving the Sikh religion and Durbar Sahib, Burj was the best candidate to represent the holy place like Tarn Taran.
Speaking on the occasion, Bhupesh Bhagel called upon the party workers to fight the elections with full dedication and commitment. He said the by-election was very important for the party as well as the state. He expressed confidence that the Congress will win the by-election with an impressive margin.
Addressing the workers, PCC president Raja Warring said that the Tarn Taran by-election will set the tone and direction for Punjab ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. He appealed to people to ensure that they vote wisely and choose a candidate who will be with them round the clock.
He said the Congress candidate was the best among all the four. He pointed out, the AAP had fielded a turncoat who had changed so many parties, while the Akalis could not find a candidate and had to field someone who is dependent on criminals and gangsters. He said another candidate did not even believe in the constitution of the country.
Leader of Opposition in Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Partap Singh Bajwa warned against the return of dark days in Punjab when nobody felt safe and secure. He said even today, nobody was feeling safe in Punjab, particularly along the border belt. He said, people were looking forward to Punjab to provide a neat and clean government, which would serve them and not loot and rob them.
Former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said that the Aam Aadmi Party had not only betrayed people of Punjab, but had led down its own workers also. He pointed out, not a single person from Dalit, farmer or poor family was nominated to the Rajya Sabha by AAP.
Prominent Congress leaders present on the occasion included Sukhbinder singh Sarkaria, Gujeet Aujla, OP Soni, Rana KP Singh, Anil Joshi, Balbir sidhu, kulbir zira, santokh Singh Bhalaipur Ramanjit Singh Sikki, Capt Sandeep Sandhu, Harminder gill, sukhpal Bhullar, Inderbir Bolaria, sangat gilzian, pawan kumar adia, arun dogra, malvika sood, Rajbir Bhullar and others.
