Best Lawyers in Chandigarh Rift in PDA over Phagwara seat

Jalandhar, September 27

The Punjab Democratic Alliance today urged the Lok Insaaf Party (LIP) to leave the Phagwara seat for the Bahujan Samaj Party, failing which they would be forced to withdraw their support to the LIP.

In a press release, Punjab Ekta Party chief Sukhpal Khaira, Dharamvira Gandhi of the Punjab Front, Jasbir Singh Garhi of the BSP, Bant Singh Brar of the CPI, Mangat Ram Pasla of the RMPI and Kiranjit Singh Sekhon of the MCPI, made an appeal to LIP chief Simarjit Singh Bains to withdraw his claim to Phagwara.

They said, “Bains would listen to our appeal. Giving the seat to the BSP will help us to maintain the spirit of alliance and keep the hopes of Punjabis alive for a third alternative in the state for shaping up the future of pro-people politics in Punjab.”

They warned, “In case the LIP refuses to withdraw from Phagwara, we will support the BSP for this seat. But we will continue to support the party at Dakha.”

While LIP leader Jarnail Nangal is slated to file his papers from Phagwara on Monday, the BSP today announced the candidature of Thekedar Bhagwan Dass. The PDA leaders said a meeting of its alliance was held yesterday, but it ended in a disagreement over Phagwara. There, however, was a consensus that the LIP should fight Dakha and Jalalabad be allocated to the CPI. After the meeting, Bains announced candidates on both Phagwara as well as Dakha seats. — TNS

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