Akalis boycott PRI polls in 3 assembly constituencies
- | Thursday | 13th September, 2018
“Our challenge to Akalis is to contest elections and see how they perform,” said Pahara. “We are still hopeful in other constituencies including Batala, Qadian and Sri Hargobindpur where the party will contest polls. GURDASPUR: Blaming the ruling Congress for allegedly using official machinery to get the nomination papers of its candidates rejected, SAD has announced to boycott zila parishad and block samiti elections in the assembly constituencies of Gurdaspur, Dera Baba Nanak and Fategarh Churian. Also, it has dared the Congress to get their nomination papers restored and contest the battle of ballot with them.SAD’s Gurdaspur unit president Gurbchan Singh Babehali informed TOI on Wednesday that the party had boycotted the panchayati raj institution elections in three assembly constituencies. Since BJP has its majority in Dinanagar constituency so it was up to it to take the decision,” he said.Babehal dared Congress to face Akalis in the elections if it was so confident of its popularity.
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