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P4 » » SUNSET WEDNESDAY 7.20 PM SUNRISE THURSDAY 5.33 AM » WEDNESDAY | 15 MAY 2024 | AMRITSAR On last day, 15 independents file papers for Khadoor Sahib 31 candidates in election fray as nine more file papers Tribune News Service Our Correspondent Amritsar, May 14 With nine more aspirants who are contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar constituency filing their papers here on Tuesday, the total number of candidates who are in the poll fray, has increased to 31. Prominent among those who filed their candidature today include Iman Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar) and Paras Joshi. Iman Singh is the son of SAD (Amritsar) president Simranjit Singh Mann. Paras Joshi is the son of SAD candidate Anil Joshi. Paras is a covering candidate for his father. Family members of other candidates have also submitted their papers as covering candidates. Resham Singh, an independent candidate backed by actor-activist Sonia Mann, has submitted his papers. Even though Sonia Mann was considered close to AAP leadership and was once touted as a Lok Sabha aspirant from here, she presently has announced 18-year-old boy admitted to Amritsar hospital in critical condition VISHAL KUMAR Tarn Taran, May 14 On the last day of filing of nomination papers for the Khadoor Sahib Lok Sabha constituency, 15 candidates filed their papers on Tuesday. With this, the total tally of candidates has reached 43 from here. The candidates who filed their nomination papers on Tuesday are all independents, including Mohinder Singh, Gurpreet Singh, Paramjit Singh, Sarabjit Singh, Lakhbir Singh, Surjit Singh, Naveen Kumar, Simranjit Singh, Bikramjit Singh, Harpal Singh, Vijay Kumar, Amritpal Kaur and Kuldeep Singh. The Returning Officer said that the scrutiny of papers will take place on Wednesday and May 17 is the last date for withdrawing of nominations by the candidates. Man killed, son injured in accidental firing in district Charanjit Singh Teja VICTIM KILLED ON SPOT Tribune News Service Iman Singh Mann, SAD’s Amritsar candidate (2nd from right), files his nomination paper at the DC office in Amritsar on Tuesday. to support Resham Singh. Other independent candidates include Renu Bala, a homemaker; her husband Jaspal Masih, a trader; Satbir Singh, a 64-year-old commission agent; Dilbagh Singh, a self-employed person with no educational qualification; Prithvi Pal, a 66-year-old pensioner and Harjinder Pal, a retired teacher. The process of filing nominations for the Lok Sabha elections scheduled for June 1 ended today. The district election officials stated that a scrutiny of the nominations would be conducted on May 15 after which a final list would be prepared. The candidates wishing to withdraw from the contest would be able to do so till May 17. Meanwhile, observers appointed by the Election Commission of India held a meeting with officials involved in the poll process today. The election observers include A Radhavinod Sharma (General), Shweta Shrimali (Police) and Ganesh Sudakar (Expenditure). The election observers asked the assistant returning officers (AROs) and assistant expenditure observers of each assembly segment to ensure compliance with ECI guidelines. Amritsar, May 14 A 45-year-old man was killed and his son got seriously injured under mysterious circumstances at Nangali village here on Monday evening. The deceased has been identified as Rupinder Singh of Nangali village. The police claimed that victim’s 18-year-old son accidentally pulled the trigger of the gun, leading to death of his father and out of panic, he accidentally hit a fire at himself while putting the gun on a table. Inspector Amarjeet Singh, SHO, Kambo police station, stated that during a preliminary investigation, they found that Rupinder Singh owned a gun. “After the implementation of the model code of conduct, we visited him and asked to deposit the weapon. He told Rupinder Singh (victim) was changing clothes when his son Amardeep Singh entered the room and took the gun in his hand. He was unaware that the gun is loaded. He accidentally fired a shot which hit is father, killing him on the spot. The family members rushed to the room only to find Amardeep in shock who told that it was an accidental fire. us that the gun has been given to a gunsmith for repair. Yesterday, he brought back the gun after repair,” said the SHO The police official stated that when Rupinder Singh was changing clothes, his son Amardeep Singh entered the room and took the gun in his hand. He was unaware that the gun is loaded. He accidentally fired a shot which hit is father’s shoulder. After hearing the gunshot, uncle and mother of Amardeep Singh came rushing inside the room and asked what he happened. Amardeep was in shock and told that it was an accidental fire and he didn’t shot intentionally at his father. Then his uncle asked him to put down the gun. When Amardeep was putting the gun on a table, his finger stuck into the trigger leading to firing of another gunshot which hit him in the chest, stated SHO Amarjeet Singh. Amardeep Singh is the only son of his parents and had recently passed Class XII exams. His father used to work as a farmer who wanted his son to become an advocate. There were rumours in the village that Amardeep wanted to go abroad and his father was reluctant to send him abroad. After an argument over the matter, Amardeep fired at his father and then attempted suicide. However, the police refuted these rumours and claimed that it was an unfortunate accident. Injured Amardeep Singh was rushed to a local hospital, where his condition is stated to be critical. The police official claimed that a case would be filed after taking the statements of the family and injured Amardeep Singh. 22-year-old murdered Pharma companies in city demand transit BJP candidate Sandhu over ‘illicit relationship’ route from Attari for export to Central Asia calls on Dera Beas head Tribune News Service Our Correspondent Neeraj Bagga Tribune News Service Tarn Taran, May 14 A resident of Bhaini Mattuan village falling under the Sadar police station (Tarn Taran) was attacked with a brick on the head several times by a man of the same village here on Monday evening. The deceased has been identified as Lovepreet Singh (22). The accused, identified as Gurjant Singh, has been booked under Sections 302 and 506 of the IPC by the police. Ravisher Singh, DSP Goind, wal Sahib, said here on Tuesday that the accused was suspicious of the victim’s alleged illicit relations with his wife. The accused went to the house of the victim and started using foul language against him. As soon as he came out of his house, the accused hit him with a brick on the head and he fell down on the earth. Gurjant hit him on the head many a time. Impounded vehicles gutted in farm fire at Varpal village Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 14 A number of vehicles impounded by the police in various cases were gutted as some farmers burnt straw in the fields near Varpal police post here today. The fire department of the Municipal Corporation received information around 1.30 pm and fire tenders reached the spot. The fire brigade controlled the flames in time and protected the power station located alongside the police post. Fire brigade employees said that farm fire spread in the area and vehicles parked in the backyard of the police post caught fire. On being informed, three fire tenders reached the spot and controlled the flames, averting a major loss of public property. Victim Lovepreet Singh. WAS HIT WITH BRICK The accused was suspicious of the victim’s alleged illicit relations with his wife. He went to the house of the victim and attacked him with a brick When the family of the victim raised the alarm, the accused fled the spot with the brick kiln. The family rushed the victim to the local Civil Hospital where doctors referred him to Guru Nanak Dev Hospital in Amritsar. He succumbed to his injuries in the hospital. The accused is still at large. Amritsar, May 14 After India and Iran on Monday signed a 10-year agreement to further develop the Chabahar port, city-based pharmaceutical firms exporting to Eurasia and Central Asia via Gulf and Turkey are upbeat. Ajay, who runs a pharmaceutical unit in the city, said the agreement felicitated the connectivity for India from the Chabahar port to Afghanistan, Central Asia and Eurasia. He said not only his firm but other companies also manufacturing different products were exporting merchandise to these regions via Dubai, Turkey and even Europe. In the highly competitive global market, the long delivery routes made their products extremely pricey. He demanded that the Indian and Iran governments The integrated checkpost at Attari in Amritsar. FILE PHOTO should secure from Pakistan transit route from the Integrated Check Post (ICP), Attari, to Chabahar port. Similar arrangement was already in place between Afghanistan and India in which Pakistan provides a transit route. At present, India is allowed to only import from Afghanistan but in case of humanitarian aid, it had exported wheat to the landlocked country a few years back. Rajan Bedi, another trader, said before the onset of Covid19, his company was involved in exporting medicines to Turkmenistan. Based on his experience, he said there was immense scope of export from the ICP to the landlocked countries beyond Afghanistan, including Uzbekistan, Kazakhastan and Tajikistan. He added that the high quality city-based health sector could be turned into an avenue for medical tourism, offering advanced medical services to the natives of Central Asian countries. Amit Kapur, another pharmaceutical manufacturer, recalled that before Covid-19, flights from these countries used to halt at the local airport. The crew of these flights used to ferry medicines from here. He said unpleasant bilateral relations between India and Pakistan halted the trade about five years ago, causing immense losses not only to the importers and exporters but also job losses to the importers. He said in case governments of the two countries take time to resume cross-border trade, then the Indian government should secure transit rights to the Chabahar port from Attari. Import of merchandise from Afghanistan is the only saving grace which provides continued on page 2 Amritsar, May 14 BJP Lok Sabha candidate Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samundari interacted with Dera Radha Soami satsang head Gurinder Singh Dhillon during his visit to Beas near here on Tuesday. Sandhu discussed religious and social concerns with the dera chief for about an hour and both the leaders recalled the days spent in the past. He said the wheel of development will move forward only on the strength of Punjabi brotherhood. Dera head Gurinder Singh Dhillon expressed his concern about the migration of youth to foreign countries and the prevalence of drugs. He said that Punjab and the youth of Punjab were ahead in every field, the only need was to give them constructive guidance. These youth should take guidance from their glorious histo- BJP’s Taranjit Sandhu with the Radha Soami chief at Beas. ry and strive to serve society by following the spiritual path. He said that Dera Beas always strove for good results in spiritual as well as social arenas. Sandhu said he felt inner bliss in the company of Dera head and showed keen interest in getting information about the religious, educational and social activities going on and appreciated the service being done by Dera Beas. The management of the camp is handled entirely by volunteers and the organisation does not engage in any fundraising activities. Pensioners threaten Family members, kin of Lok Sabha candidates to boycott AAP in poll carry out door-to-door campaigning in holy city Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 14 A meeting of pensioners of the Punjab Government, organised under the banner of the Punjab State Pensioners and Senior Citizens’ Welfare Association, was held at Company Bagh here on Sunday. President Madan Gopal and general secretary Madan Lal Manan addressed the meeting and expressed in detail injustices being done against the pensioners by the incumbent government. The union leaders expressed resentment in their speeches over the non-fulfilment of their genuine demands. Gursharanjit Singh and Satnam Singh Pakharpura stated that Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema is following in the footsteps of his predecessor, who was the main reason behind the fall of the previous government. The present government will also have to meet the same fate as the Punjab State Pensioners and Senior Citizens Welfare Association has decided to implement the agenda of ‘No Dearness Allowance (DA), No Vote’ against the ruling party candidates. This agenda was passed at the state-level convention held a few days ago. Kartar Singh MA and Lakhbir Singh Dhot, along with Harbhajan Singh Khela, said pensioners and employees of the state are perturbed over the discrimination which they have to bear. “The pensioners and employees of the neighbouring states are getting 50 per cent dearness allowance while we, the pensioners and employees of Punjab, are getting only 38 per cent DA,” said Yashdev Dogra. Association members Ramesh Bhanot and Sukhdev Raj Kalia said the state government has neither implemented the cashless medical facility nor the Old Pension Scheme. Tribune News Service Amritsar, May 14 Campaigning for the June 1 Lok Sabha elections in Amritsar constituency has gained momentum with political parties seeking to increase their outreach. Activists of the BJP Mahila Morcha along with sisters of BJP candidate Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samundri carried out door-to-door campaigning in his support. Led by president of the Amritsar unit of BJP Mahila Morcha Shruti Vij, they approached women in most households, raising issues like building concrete homes for those living in shanties and welfare policies to improve the condition of lower income households. Campaigning recently in Attari constituency, Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samundri also said that he would use the resources of Amritsar to promote industry and trade, while promising more employment to the locals. c m y b BJP Mahila Morcha head Shruti Vij along with sisters of BJP candidate Taranjit Singh Sandhu; and (right) wife of Congress’ LS candidate Gurjeet Singh Aujla during campaigning in Amritsar on Tuesday. Sandhu appealed to the people to vote for the BJP promising , that mud houses will be rebuilt into concrete homes in 100 days. Constituency in-charge Balwinder Kaur also campaigned along with Taranjit Singh Sandhu Samundri. He also addressed ASHA and Anganwadi workers saying they need special attention. Meanwhile, the Aujlas including Congress Lok Sab- ha candidate Gurpreet Aujla’s wife Undleeb and his brother Sukhjinder Singh Aujla too have been actively campaigning for the two-time Congress MP who is seeking a fresh term. Aujla also celebrated Mother’s Day by sharing that both his mother and motherin-law have been campaigning for him. “My mother Gurmeet Kaur is very religious and is always grateful to God. She is not fond of watching news but watches and listens to the news every evening to see how my campaigning is going on,” he said. If his mother is active at home, then his mother-inlaw is active in the field, appealing to people to cast their votes in his favour. Earlier, Undleeb Kaur, wife of Gurjit Singh Aujla, along with the women’s wing activists of the district unit of the Congress campaigned for her husband, kicking off the door-to-door canvassing from Lawrence road. She has been visiting homes and villages telling the people that it was important for the Congress to come to power for the development of Amritsar and the country. “He is getting a lot of love from the people and this love inspires him to serve Guru Ki Nagari,” she said. Undleeb Kaur said that the Congress does not want to form the government only on the basis of false promises but will take the country on the path of development. She said that the Congress party has prepared the manifesto very thoughtfully and every section of society will benefit if it comes to power. “No one will be divided in the name of caste and religion. Vote to elect the Congress party to bring about a positive change in the country and to save the Constitution,” she said.
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